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THE OFFICIAL 



GUIDE BOOK 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



A NEW 



HANDBOOK POR STRAN&EES AND CITIZENS. 



By THOMPSON WESTCOTT, 

AUTHOR OF "a HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA," "LIFE OF JOHN FITCH," 
ETC., ETC. 



WITH A HISTORY OP THE CITY, A LARGE MAP OF THE CITY SHOWING 
ALL THE ROUTES OP THE PASSENGER RAILWAYS, NEW 
MAP OP FAIRMOUNT PARK, Eic^ .^ 



ILLUSTEATED WITH NEAELY ONE HUNDEED EN&EAVIUaS. 

PHILADELPHIA: 
PORTER AND COATES, 

822 CHESTNUT STREET. 

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, oy 

PORTER & COATES, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



Westcott & Thomson, 

Stereotypers -"td Electrotypers. Philada. 



Henry B. Ashmead, 

Pri7tter Phtlada 



CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 

DTTmNOthe Beriod in which the following pages have been passing 

of pubuLttn'The following matters are to be noted m addition and 

""""Ranks -Pa-e 156 The Commonwealtli National Bank has 
befn removed ft om the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets to SW 
corner Tfrourth and Walnut streets, in the hue sandstone bmklmg 
formerly erected by the Enterprise I^^^^^ance Company -JheCen- 
f;:S.iaf National Lnk a -w in^t.tut^r,^^^^^^^^ ^^X /et^na: 

roLT^xMbirrtriniifuL^^^^^^ 

tenSal ground, immediately west of the Main Exhibition Building, 
and wm transact the financial business of the Exposition 

iPi^^«^ial —The Board of Brokers will, during the year, le- 
mo?e"f"rt\f MeJctnts' Exchange to a -w buM^g --tr-f^e^^ 
especially for its use, immediately west ot Girard Bank, inira street 

^ Bridaes.-Page 337. The Market Street Bridge was destroyed 
by fire N?v 20, 1875, and has been replaced by a te^^PO^^^ry s ruc- 
ture strong enough to last for ten or twenty years It was rebuilt by 
Se Pennsylvanii Eailroad Company for the city, and finished m 

'TiL::tl7A£^se^'^nZ-Tl.e Kiralfy Brothers have com- 
mencfd the fraction of a theatre and music-hall, to which a garden 
S to be attached on the east side of Broad street above Spruce, 
wMdi'^fs totecaile'd the Alliambra. The lot is l|Oieet front by 
225 deep to a street on which the front is 170 feet. The style ot tue 
facade wVbe of the Moresque architecture, elaborately ornamented 
wfth columns, horseshoe arches, with domes etc., brilliantly painted 
in bright colors and gilded. The theatre will seat 1600 persons The 
gardel will be ornamented with fountains, etc. and wil be loO feet 
fauare The building is expected to be completed April 15, 18/ 6^- 
The Women's Centennial Music-Hall is to be built upon the 
irounds attached to the mansion of the late Edwin Forrest, tragedian 
I W corner of Broad and Master streets, and the performances are 
to be under the charge of the eminent musician Theodore Thomas 
The music-hall will be 100 feet front on Broad street and 200 feet 
deep and will be capable of accommodating 5000 persons The 
stage wm be of capacity sufficient for an orchestra of lOOperiormers 
and aThorus of 600 singers. The Forrest mansion, adjoming, will be 
fitted up as a restaurant and cafe. , , q. .. 

Patriotic Orders.-A new hall has been fitted up at Sixth 
and Spring Garden streets for the Patriotic Order of Sons of 
America; objects, patriotism and benevolence. f^^ Wn 

Hj^foi-niatorv Homes.— A Reformatory Home for Wo- 
men who aJe addicted to the vice of intemperance has been opened 



CHANGES, ADDITIONS, ETC. 

at 220 North Thirteenth street, under the auspices of the Women's 
Christian Temperance Union. 

Educational Homes.— The home for boys (p. 222) has es- 
tablished a home for girls, and will hereafter be styled the Educa- 
tional Home. , , ^ 

Homes for the Aged.— The Union Home for old Ladies, 
at 3947 Market street, was opened for the reception of inmates Feb. 

24 1876 The Edwin Forrest Home for retired actors will be 

opened at Springbrook, near Holmesburg, during the year, under 
the trusts of Mr. Forrest's will. 

Industrial Aid Societies.— The Day Nursery for Chil- 
dren, incorporated in 1873, has its home at 410 Blight street. Ihe 
children of poor women who are out at work in daytime are here 
cared for, educated. and fed daily. 

Centennial Hotels.— Pages 69, 70. There have been pro- 
jected and are in course of construction Ruloff 's Elm Avenue Hotel, 
west end of Machinery Hall, with accommodations for 500 persons, and 
the Atlas Hotel, Fifty-second street and Elm avenue, which will 
have 1500 rooms and capacity for 3000 persons daily.— The name ot 
the hotel S W corner of Broad and Walnut streets, designated the 
Edwards (p. 67), has been settled to be hereafter St. George.— 
Grand Central Hotel (pp. 66, 67), Market street near Thirty- 
second, was projected but has not been built. . 

Centennial Depot.- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
is building an extensive depot opposite the Exposition Buildings, 
(t will have four large apartments for reception and comfort o± pas- 
sengers, with extensive platforms, and every arrangement lor con- 
venience of trains arriving and departing. „ -n -n- 

Food Supply.— The Abattoir, west side of SehuylkillKiyer 
above Market street, will be ready for use in 1876. The principal 
building is of brick, 150 by 200 feet. There are 48 cattle-sheds, each 
24 by 200 feet; two sheep-pens, each 130 by 350 feet; a large hog- 
pen, and a large brick grain and hay barn. 

Access to the Exhibition.— In addition to means ot con- 
veyance specified in Chapter IV., a new organization, the Exhibition 
Transfer Company, has established a considerable number o± 
light carriages which will run regularly from Ninth and Chestnut 
streets to the Exhibition grounds. ^, „ . m * 

Special Ticket-Offices.— Page 89.— The Union Transfer 
Company, S. E. corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, has a general 
ticket-office for all lines of railroads from Philadelphia. 

ERRATA. 

Page 39, line 4, " Chestnut street west of Ninth," should be CAris- 
ifia-w street west of Ninth. u i, w ^ r 

Page 88 on 33d line, Westchester Railroad should be West Jersey. 

Pase 201, line 2d, £45,815 should be £45 8s. U. 

Pa^e 310 West Laurel Hill. This cemetery is not under the same 
conti^l as the Laurel Hill Cemetery, but a distinct corporation, 
having no connection whatever with it; nor can tickets tor it be 
procured at Brown's drug store, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST 



PLACES, EXHIBITIONS, ETC, IN PHILADELPHIA, 

LIKELY TO PROVE MOST ATTRACTIVE TO THE STRANGER OR TOURIST. 

Those with an * no one should leave Philadelphia without seeing. 



Places. 



1* Academy of Fine Arts, Broad 

above Arch st. 
■>* Academy of Natural Sciences, 
S. W. corner of 19th and Race. 
American Philosophical Society, 

5th St. below Chestnut. 
American Steamship wharves and 

docks. — International wharves 

and dock. 
Arsexals. — 

* Arsenal, Frankford. 

* Arsenal, Schuylkill, Gray's 

Ferry road below Carpenter. 
Asylums. — 

* Blind Asylum, 20th and E,ace 

sts. 
Christ Church Hospital for old wo- 
men, York and 49th sts. 
*Deaf and Dumb Asylum, cor- 
ner of Broad and Pine sts. 
Naval Asylum, Gray's Ferry 

road. 
Orphan Asylum, Haddington. 
St. John's Orphan Asylum (Ro- 
man Catholic), Westminster 
avenue near 49th st. 
Widow's Asylum, Cherry near 
18th St. 
Banks. 



Bartram's House, west bank of the 

Schuylkill below Gray's Ferry. 
Belmont, West Park. 
Bleckley Almshouse, West Phila- 
delphia. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Tickets 25 cents. 

Open Tuesdays and Fridays in the 
afternoon. Admission 10 cents. 
Admission free. 

Tickets to be had of Peter Wrigh! 
& Sons, Walnut st. above 3d. 



Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 



Concerts Wednesday p. m. 

sion 15 cents. 
Admission on application. 



Admis- 



Tickets of managers or at Ledger 

oflBice, 6th and Chestnut sts. 
Open to the public. 

Admission on application. 
Open to the public. 



Admission on application. 

These institutions are always open 
during business hours to stran- 
gers who may desire to examine 
the interior architecture. 

See page 329. 

Open to the public. See page 330. 
Tickets free at office, 7th above 
Filbert. 



VI 



SIGHTS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Places. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Boys' Central High School, corner 

Broad and Green sts. 

Cemeteries. — 

-* Laurel Hill Cemetery, Ridge av. , 

Woodland Cemetery, Woodland 

avenue, West Philadelphia. 
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 
west bank of Schuylkill near 
Pencoyd station. 
Woodlands, west side of Schuyl- 
kill. 
Churches.— 

* Cathedral of St. Peter and St. 

Paul (R. C), 18th St. above 

* Christ Church, finished in 1753, 

2d St. above Market. 
*01d Pine Street Presbyterian 

Church, cor. 4th and Pine sts. 
*01d Swedes' Church, Swanson 

St. below Christian. 

* St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal 

Church, cor. Pine and 3d sts. 
Cliveden (Chew's house), German- 
town. 

^^Base Ball Ground (Athletic), 
25th and Jefferson sts. 

Cricket Club Grounds (Ger- 
mantown), on Germautown 
branch Reading R. R., near 
Wayne st. — (Merion), near 
Ardmore station. 

Press, 505 Chestnut st. 

Reform Club, 1520 Chestnut st. 

■« Union League House, corner 
Sansom and Broad sts. 
Commercial Exchange, 2d below 

Walnut St. 
-:v County Prison, 1 1th st. and Pas 
syunk avenue. 

CO^URT-ROOMS. — 

Common Pleas No. 1, American 
Philosophical Hall, 5 th below 
Chestnut st. 

Common Pleas No. 2, Old Con- 
gress Hall, 6th and Chestnut. 



Open to the public. 

Open to the public in daytime, ex- 
cept Sundays. 
Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 

Open to the public. See page 334. 

Services daily between 6 and 7 
A. M., and six services on Sunday. 

Services on Sunday. 

Services on Sunday. 

Open on Sundays. 

Services on Sundays. 

See page 331. 

Admission at advertised prices. 
Admission at advertised prices. 



On introduction by a member. 
Admission on introduction by a 

member-. 
Admission on introduction by a 

member. 
Introduction by a member. 

Tickets from Inspectors or at Led- 
ger oflBce, 6th and Chestnut sts. 



Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 



SIGHTS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



VJl 



Places. 



Court-Rooms — Continued. 

Common Pleas No, 3, east wing 
of State-house, adjoining su- 
preme court-room. 
Common Pleas No. 4, west wing 

of State-house. 
Orphans', 6th below Walnut. 
Quarter Sessions, Congress Hall 
and in building to the south. 
Supreme, east wing of Inde- 
pendence Hall. 
United States, Library st. near 
5th. 
Custom-House (U. S.), Chestnut st. 

below 5th. 
Declaration of Independence, 
house where written, 7th and 
Market sts. 
Fair Hill, Germantown avenue. 
*Fairmount Park. 
Franklin Institute, 7th st. above 

Chestnut. 
*Frank]in's Grave, S. E. cor, 5th 

and Arch sts. 
Germantown Battle-ground. 
*Girard College, Ridge avenue 

above 19th st. 
Girls' Normal School, Spring Gar- 
den and 17th sts. 
Halls. — 

* Carpenters' Hall, built in 1770, 

Chesfnut st. below 4th. 
*City, New, Hall (unfinished), 
Broad and Market sts. 
Horticultural Hall, Broad st. 
below Locust. 

* Independence Hall, Chestnut st. 

below 6th. 
National Museum, west room 

State house building, Chest- 
nut below 6th. 
St. George's Hall, corner 13th 

and Arch sts. 
Homes. — 

Northern Home and Soldiers' 

Orphan Home, 23d and 

Brown sts. 
Old Men's Home, 39th and Pow- 

elton avenue. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 

Open to the public in daytime. 

See page 324. 



See page 336. 

Open to the public at all times. 

Admission free. 

Can be seen from the pavement on 
Arch St. near the corner. 

See page 317. 

Tickets at office of the trustees, 5th 
above Chestnut, or at Ledger office. 

Open to the public. 



Admission free. Open to public in 

daytime. 
Open to the public. 

Open during exhibitions, meetings 
or lectures, with prices specified. 

Open day and evening to the pub- 
lic. 

Open to the public. 



Open at meetings of St. George 
Society and on public occasions. 

Open to the public. 
Services on Sunday. 



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SIGHTS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Places. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission, 



Hospitals. — 

German Hospital, Girard and 
Corinthian avs. 

* Insane Hospital (Kirkbride's), 

Haverford av., West Phila- 
delphia. Take Market street 

Naval Hospital (U. S.), on Na- 
val Asylum grounds. 

* Pennsylvania Hospital, 8th and 

Spruce sts. 
Presbyterian Hospital, 39th and 

Filbert sts. 
Protestant Episcopal Hospital, 
Lehigh avenue and Front st. 
St. Joseph's Hospital (Roman 
Catholic), Girard avenue and 
17th St. 
Wills Hospital for Eye diseases. 
Race St.. bet. 18th and 19th. 
Women's Hospital, N. College 
av. and 22d st. 
House of Correction, neiir Holmes 
burg. 

House of Refuge, 2.3d and Parrish 
sts. 



Admission on application. 



Ledger Building, S. W. cor. 6th 

and Chestnut sts. 
Lemon Hill. 

LI3RARIES. 

Apprentices' Library, b. W. cor. 

5th and Arch sts. 
Athenseum Library, 6th st. be 

low Walnut. 
Mercantile Library, 10th st. 

above Chestnut. 
Pennsylvania Historical, 8^0 
Spruce St. ^ , . 

* Philadelphia Library, 5th st. 
below Chestnut. 
Ridgway Library (unfinished). 
Broad and Christian sts. 
Markets. — 

Central, Market st. between Ibth 

and 17th. 
Delaware Avenue, Delaware av. 
and Spruce st. 



Friends of patients admitted. 
Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 
Admission on application. 

Open Mondays, Wednesdays, and 

Fridays from 10 to 2. Tickets 

at 51 N. 6th St. 
Open Mondays, Wednesdays, and 

Fridays from 10 to 2. Tickets 

at 21 N. 7th St. 
Open to the public. 



See page 333. 

Admission free to visitors. 

Free on introduction by a member. 

Open to visitors for inspection in 

daytime. 
Open to visitors from 10 a. m- to 

10 P.M. 

Open to visitors from 9 A. M. to 
5 P. M. 



Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 



SIGHTS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



IX 



Places. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Markets — Continued. 

Eastern, S. E. comer 5th and 

Merchant sts. 
Farmers' and Franklin, N. side 
of Market st. between 11th 
and 12th. 
Ridge Avenue, on Ridge av. 
* Masonic Temple, Broad st. below 
Arch. 

Medical Colleges. — 

College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, cor. 13th and Locust. 
Jeiferson Medical College, 10th 

St. below Sansom. 
University Medical College, cor- 
ner Locust and 34th sts. 
Woman's Medical College, N. 
College av. and 22d st. 
Merchants' Exchange, Dock and 

3d sts. 
Mint, Old, 7th st. above Filbert. 
*Mint (U. S.), Chestnut st. above 

13th. 
Morgue, Noble st. near Delaware 

avenue. 
Mount Pleasant, East Park. 

* National Museum, Independence 

Hall. 
Navy Yard, League Island, mouth 

of the Schuylkill River. 
Old London Coffee-house, Front 

and Market sts. 

* Penitentiary, Fairmount avenue 

and 21st st. 

Penn's Cottage, Letitia st. near 
Market. 

Penn Treaty Monument, Beach 
and Hanover sts. 

Post-office (U. S.), Chestnut st. be- 
tween 4th and 5th. 

Red Bank. 

School of Design for Women, S.W. 
corner Broad and Filbert sts. 

Solitude, Zoological Gardens, West 
Park. 

Stenton (Logan's House), German- 
town road. 



Open to the public. 
Open to the public. 

Open to the public. 

On Thursdays from 10 to 2. Tick- 
ets, or introduction by members 
of the order. 

Tickets of admission to be procured 

from members. 
Tickets from Faculty or Trustees. 

Tickets from Faculty or Trustee?. 

Tickets from Faculty or Trustees. 

Open to the public. 

See page 326. 

Open to visitors from 9 A. ii. to 12 

noon. 
Open to the public. 

See page 332. 

Open to the public from 9 A. M. to 

3 p. M. 
Open to the public in daytime. 

See page 326. 

Tickets of inspectors or at Ledger 

office. ^ =, ^ , i'_ 

See page 32L .^"^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ 

May be seen from the street. 

Outer avenues open to the public. 

See page 319. 

Open to visitors in daytime. 

See page 333. 

See page 330. 



SIGHTS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Places. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Trotting, Racing, and Driving 
Parks. 
Belmont, beyond West Park. 
Point Breeze, Point Breeze near 

Penrose Ferry bridge. 
Suffolk, Island road near Read- 
ing branch of old Baltimore 
R. R. 
Trust and Safe Deposit Companies. 

University of Pennsylvania, 36th 

and Woodland av. 
Wagner Free Institute, corner 17th 

and Montgomery avenue. 
Water-works. — 

Belmont or West Philadelphia, 
Fairmount Park, west side of 
Schuylkill River, near Read- 
ing Railroad Bridge. 
Delaware or Kensington, east 
side of Delaware River, near 
Gunners' Run. 
Fairmount, in Park, east side of 
Schuylkill River, north of 
Morris st. 
Roxborough, east side Schuyl- 
kill River, above Manayunk. 
Schuylkill (formerly Spring 
Garden), east side of Schuyl- 
kill River, Fairmount Park, 
near Girard avenue. 
Wilson School-house, Darby road 

and Leach Hollow. 
Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion, Chestnut st. above 12th. 
New building being erected 
S. E. cor. 15th and Chestnut sts. 
*- Zoological Gardens, Fairmount 
Park. 



Admission on introduction of 
> members, or on public race 
days at advertised rates. 

Open to visitors during business 

hours. 
Visitors admitted on application. 

Free to visitors. 



Each of these is open to the 
public. 



See page 328. 
Open to the public. 

Admission 25 cents. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 



XI 



Places. 



Theatres, — 

Walnut Street, 9th and Walnut. 
Arch Street, Arch st, west of 6th. 
Chestnut Street, Chestnut st. 

above 12th. 
Wood's Museum, 9 th and Arch. 
American, Chestnut between 10th 

and 11th sts. 
Grand Central, Walnut ab. 8th. 
Amateur Drawing-room, 17th 

above Chestnut. 
New National Varieties, 10th and 

Callowhill sts. 
Concordia (Ger.), 417 Callowhill. 
Alhambra, Broad above Spruce. 
Minstrel Halls. — ■ 

Arch Street Opera-house, Arch 

St. between 10th and 11th. 
Eleventh Street Opera-house, 
11th St. above Chestnut. 
Opera and Music. — 

Academy of Music, corner Broad 

and Locust. 

Musical Fund Hall, Locust ab 8th. 

. Centennial Music Hall ( Thomas), 

Forrest Mansion, Broad and 

Master. 

Handel and Haydn Hall, corner 

8th and Spring Garden. 
Concert Hall, Chestnut, between 

12th and 13th. 
Mannerchor Hall, Fairmount av. 
and Franklin st. 
AuT Exhibitions. — 

Academy of Fine Arts, Broad 

above Arch. 
Art Gallery, East Fairmount 

Park, near Green st. 
Art Galleries, Private. 
Colosseum, Broad and Locust. 
Miscellaneous Exhibitions. 
Assembly Building, corner 10th 

and Chestnut. 
Horticultural Hall, east side of 
Broad st. above Spruce. 
Scientific Exhibitions. — 

Academy of Natural Sciences, 

corner 19th and Bace. 
Zoological Gardens, West Park 
below Girard av. 



Mode of Obtaining Admission. 



Family circle. Dress circle. Orchestra. 
25 cents. 50 cents. $1.50 
25 " 50 " 1.00 

50 " 75 " 1.50 



25 

25 

25 


a 


50 
50 

50 




1.00 
.75 

.75 

































25 cents. 50 cents. 75 cents. 
25 " 50 '* 75 « 

Admission at advertised prices. 

Admission at advertised prices. 
Admission at advertised prices. 

Admission at advertised prices. 
Admission at advertised prices. 
Admission at advertised prices. 

Admission 25 cents. 

Open to the public. 

See page 196. 

Admission at advertised prices. 

Admission at advertised prices. 

Admission at advertised prices. 



Open Tuesday and Friday after- 
noons. Admission 25 cents. 

Admission 25 cents. Children un- 
der twelve years 10 cents. 



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COINS. 



VALXJB OF FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COINS IN THE 
VALUli. ^^^^^^Y OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Prepared by the Superintendent of the United States Mint, Philadelphia. 

GOLD COINS. 



Country. 



Austria 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Belgium 

Brazil 

Central America 

Do 

Chili 

Colombia and South 

America generally 

Colombia.. 

Do 



Denomination. 



Fourfold ducat. 

Souverain (no longer coined). 

4 florins (new) 

Ducat 

25 francs 

29 railreis 

2 escudos 

4 reals 

10 pesos (dollars) 



Value in United! 
States money. 



Dolls, cts. mills. 



Old doubloon* 

20 pesos, "Bogota"... 

^^ „ 20 pesos, "Medellin " 

po *.".'..].".... I 20 pesos, "I'opayan" 



Costa Rica 
Denmark 

Do 

Egypt 

England 

France — • 

German Empire 

Do 

Greece ■ 

India (British).. 

Italy ....• 

Japan 

Mexico 

Do 

Do 

Netherland 

New Granada.., 

Norway 

Peru 

Portugal 

Russia 5 rubles... 

Spain 100 reales 

Po 1 80 reals 

Do!!'.'.'. 

Sweden . 

Do.... 

Do.... 
Tunis... 
Turkey 



10 pesos. 

20 Crown 

Old ten-thaler 

Bedidlik (100 piasters) 

Pound or sovereign (new) . 

20-franc 

New 20 marks 

Old ten-thaler (Prussian).. 

20 drachms • 

Mohur, or 15 rupees f 

20 lire 

20 yen • 

Doubloon 

20 pesos (empire) 

20 pesos (republic, new).... 

10 gilders 

10 pesos (dollars) ■ 

20 crowns 

20 soles 

Coroa (crown) 



10 escudos 

Ducat 

Carolin (10 francs) 

New 20 Crowns (krone). 

25 piasters 

100 piasters 



1 
4 

5 
9 

4 72 
10 89 3 



9 13 

fi 75 

1 93 

2 27 



3 68 
48 
9 11 



15 


59 2 


18 


94 


19 


05 5 


18 


96 2 


8 


44 7 


5 


35 8 


7 


89 8 


4 


97 3 


4 


86 5 


3 


84 5 


4 


76 3 


7 


97 


3 


44 2 


7 


10 3 


3 


84 5 


19 


94 2 


15 


60 


19 


64 2 


19 


56 1 


3 


99 3 


9 


67 4 


5 


35 8 


19 


23 7 


5 


80 5 


3 


97 5 


4 


96 3 


3 


86 2 


5 


01 4 


2 


23 6 


1 


93 4 


5 


35 8 


2 


99 5 



4 36 8 



* The douMoon (doblon, or more, properly ^.^^^tln^Ts^PPnt e?f^ThesTfl- 
^nnnish^ is now generally discontinued, and is seldom seen here, -'■"ese n^ 
u?es answer as wlllforth^e doubloon of Peru, Chili, Bolivia, etc., and therefore 
this item stands for all. . 

^0x1 -fnThL^e'table^S il Taken aflhe basis of U. S. money. In calcu- 
latlJ^ke\aluetn US currency add from 10 per cent, to 15 per cent., accord- 
ing to the daily reports of the money market. 



COINS. 



Xlll 



SILVER COINS. 



Country. 



Austria... 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Belgium. 

Do 

Bolivia..., 

Brazil 

I Canada... 

Do 



Denomination. 



Old rix-dollar 

Old Scudo crown 

Florin, before 1858 

New florin , 

New Union dollar , 

Maria Theresa dollar, 1780. 

francs 

2 francs 

New dollar 

Double milreis 

20 cents 

25 cents 



Central America < Dollar. 

Chili 

Do 

China 

Do 

Denmark 

Egypt 

England 

Do 

Do 

France 

Do 

North German States. 

Do 

South German States. 

German Empire 

Greece 

Hindostan 

Italy 

Do 

Japan 

Do 

Mexico 

Do 

Do 

Netherlands 

Norway 

New Granada 

Peru 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Portugal 

Roumania 

Russia 

Spain 

Do 

Sweden 

Switzerland 

Tunis 

Turkey 



Old dollar 

New dollar 

Dollar (English mint). 

lOcents 

2 rigsdaler 

Piaster (new) 

Shilling (new) 

Siiilling (average) 

Florin 

5 franc 

2 franc 

Thaler, before 1857 

Thaler (new) 

Florin 

5 marks (new) 

5 drachms 

Rupee 

5 lire 

Lira 

1 yen 

50 sen 

Dollar 

Half dollar 

Pesto of Maximilian.... 

21^ gilders , 

Specie daler 

Dollar of 1857 

Olddolhir 

Dollar of 1858 

Half dollar of 1835-'38. 

Sol 

500 reis 

2 lei (francs), new 

Ruble 

5 pesetas (dollars) 

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XIV 



POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 




17 

*27 

*5 

10 

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5 

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10 
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Argentine Confederatiou 

Aspinwall 

Austria — : 

Australia, via San Francisco 

do. via England 

do. via Brindisi 

Belgium... ••••• 

Bermuda, via New York 15 

Brazil, direct •-:;""*:.""""J*i"'''^"ot^' 3 

Canada, Nova Scotia, Newtoundland, etc j ^^^ 

Cape of Good Hope ..." 

Chili, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru 

China, via Southampton 

Denmark, via England 

East Indies, via San Francisco.... 

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German states, via North German Union 

Great Britain and Ireland... "■ " 

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San Francisco ° " 

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Liberia 

Mexico •• ■ 

Norway and Sweden 

Portugal, via Southampton 

Russia, via England • 7.. 

Shanghai, via San Francisco ;... .".'.'."!!!'.! 

Spain • 

Switzerland .•"V;'"',"'"^ 

Turkev, Syria, etc., via England. 

Venezuela by American Packet 

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United States. 

POSTAL CaKDS to I'^OREIGN COUNTRIES. 

.stal cards may be sent for _^nad<UHonal one-cent st^mp to^«>,e 



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FOREIGN CONSULS AT PHILADELPHIA. XV 



FOREIGN CONSULS AT PHILADELPHIA. 



COXINTRY. 



Name. 



Address. 



Argentine Republic 

Austria 

Belgium 

Brazil 

Chili 

ColomViia, U. S. of 

Denmark 

Ecuador 

France 

German Empire 

Great Britain 

Hungary 

Italy ...*. 

Liberia 

Netherlands 

Nicaragua 

Orange FreeState^South 

Africa 

Portugal 

Russia 

Spain 

Sweden and Norway ... 
Switzerland 

Uruguay.. 

Venezuela 



Edward Shippen 

Lars Westergaard 

G. E. Saurman 

Edward S. Sayres 

Edward Shippen 

Leon de la Cova 

F.Myhlertz 

Edward Shippen 

Celestin Auguste Ravin 
d'ElpeiTX, vice-consul... 

Charles H. Meyer 

Chas. Edward Kortright. 
Geo. Crump, vice-consul.. 

Lars Westergaard 

Alonzo M.Viti 

Edward S. Morris 

Lars Westergaard 

Henry C. Potter 

Henry W. Riley 

Edward S. Sayres 

Henry Preaut.vice-consul 

Don Juan Morphy 

Don Julian Alfredo Prin- 
cipe y Sartoris (V. C). 

Lars Westergaard 

Rudolph Koradi 

Werner Itschaner (V. C.) 
Chas.W. Matthews (V.C.) 
Leon de la Cova 



5,32 Walnut St. 
138 S. 2d St. 
1228 Chestnut St. 
268 S. 3d St. 
532 Walnut St. 
218+ Walnut St. 
730 N. 2()th St. 
532 Walnut St. 
8th Street above 

South 

227 Chestnut St. 
619 Walnut St. 

138 S. 2d St. 
115 Walnut St. 
129 S. Front St. 
138 S. 2d St. 
260 S. 9th St. 

602 Arch St. 
268 S. 3d St. 
500 S. Del. Av. 
524 Walnut St. 



138 S. 2d St. 
314 York Avenue. 
814 Vine St. 
133 Walnut St. 
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XVI 



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PREFACE. 



Philadelphia occupies such an extensive area of ground 
that it has advantages in space superior to any other city in 
the world. The number of buildings, public and private, is 
greater than in any other city in America, and is only ex- 
ceeded by some in Europe, in which the populations are more 
dense. For this reason public edifices and private mansions 
are spread over a wide expanse of territory. The stranger 
needs a guide which shall signify to him the best places to 
visit among the many which surround him, and the most con- 
venient ways of getting to them. This work has been ar- 
ranged to facilitate the visitor in his inquiries, to point out to 
him the most notable places, and to furnish information as 
fully as the space that can be devoted to each subject in a 
book intended to be portable will permit. It is believed that 
this hand-book will enable the stranger to spend his leisure 
in the city with the best advantage and with judicious em- 
ployment of time. 

The publishers desire in this place to give credit to Messrs. 
John Sartain and James M. Earle for the authorship of those 
portions of Chapter XIII. which are devoted to the Academy 
of Fine Arts and to private art galleries. To General John 
Eaton, Commissioner of U. S. Bureau of Education, Wash- 
ington, D. C, thanks are due for the use of the cut of the 
Eidgway Library. 

Philadelphia, Dec. 1, 1875. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

Sketch of the History of Philadelphia ... 13 

CHAPTEE I. 
Inteoductory 43 

Description — Street Numbers — Population — Health — Vital 
Statistics — City Government — Food Supply — Water Supply — 
Fairmount Water-Works — Other Water- Works — Public Drink- 
ing Fountains — Drainage — Fire Department — Police — Magis- 
trates' Courts — Gas-Lighting — Gas-Works. 

CHAPTER II. 
Hotels, Boaeding- and Lodging-Houses — ^Eestau- 

rants 63 

CHAPTER III. 
Maekets . 71 

CHAPTER IV. 
City Teavel — Feeeies — Riyee Steamboats ... 75 

Passenger Railway Companies — Ferries to New Jersey— River 
Steamboat Lines — Carriages and Hacks — Express Companies — 
Telegraph Companies — Baggage — Special Railroad Ticket Of- 
fices — Railroad Passenger Depots — Railroads. 

CHAPTER V. 
Public Buildings in Use by the City 95 

Independence Square — Independence Hall — The National 
Museum— Old Congress Hall— Court-House Building— City Hall 
— Philosophical Hall — Quarter-Sessions Court Building — New 
City Hall — Prisons — Eastern Penitentiary — Moyamensing Prison 
— House of Refuge — House of Correction — The Morgue — Alms- 
house— Lazaretto— Public Schools— High School— Girls' Normal 
Schools — Grammar Schools. 

1* r. 



CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER VI. 



PAGE 

128 



TJ. S. Government Buildings and Offices . . 

* Custom ■ House-Sub -Treasury-Appraisers' Building-Post- 
Office-U. S. Courts-New Post-Office-Mint-Arsenals-Navy 
Yard— Naval Asylum— Naval Hospital. 

CHAPTER VII. 

141 

Commerce and Manufactuees ^^^ 

Commerce-Commercial Exchange-Merchants' Exchange- 
Trade Exchange -Warehousing Companies - Bonded W are- 
houses-Commercial Dep6ts-Elevators-Steamsh:p Wharves 
and Docks— Manufactures. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

. 153 
Financial Institutions 

Banks-Saving Funds-Trust Companies-Safe Deposit and 
Trust Companies— Insurance Companies. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Institutions of Education ^"^ 

University of Pennsylvania-Girard College-Germantown 
Academy- Aimwell School— Beck School-House. 

CHAPTER X. 
Collegiate and Academical Institutions under 

Religious Denominations I7d 

Protestant Episcopal Academy-Protestant Episcopal Divmity 
School-Theological Seminary of Saint Charles Borromeo- 
Haverford College— Swarthmore College. 

CHAPTER XI. 

Institutions for Scientific Education 175 

Medical Colleges-Dental Colleges-Polytechnic College. 

CHAPTER XII. 

183 
Scientific Institutions 

Academy of Natural Sciences-Entomological Society-Wag- 
ner Institute-American Philosophical Society-Franklm Insti- 
tute-Zoological Garden-Horticultural Society-Society for 
Promotion of Agriculture. 



CONTENTS. 7 

CHAPTEE XIII. 

PAGE 

Painting, Sculptuee, Music 191 

Academy of Fine Arts— Private Art Galleries— Sketch-Club 
— School of Design — Fairmount Park Art Association — Musical 
Fund Society — Handel and Haydn Society. 

CHAPTEE Xiy. 

LiBEARY Companies and Associations 199 

Philadelphia Library — Eidgway Library — Mercantile Library 
— Athenseum Library — Apprentices' Library — Friends' Library 
— Other Libraries. 

CHAPTEE XV. 
Hospitals and Dispensaries 207 

Pennsylvania Hospital— Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane 
—Philadelphia Hospital— Wills Eye Hospital— Friends' Asy- 
lum for the Insane — Preston Eetreat — Municipal Hospital— St. 
Joseph's Hospital — Charity Hospital — Protestant Episcopal 
Hospital — German Hospital— St. Mary's Hospitiil — Jewish Hos- 
pital-Orthopaedic Hospital — Presbyterian Hospital— German- 
town Hospital — Homoeopathic Hospital— Hospital of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania — Woman's Hospital — Dispensaries. 

CHAPTEE XVI. 
Asylums and Homes 221 

Asylums for Children — ^Homes for the Aged— Asylums for the 
Unfortunate — Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb — Institutions for 
the Blind — Eeformatory Homes. 

CHAPTEE XVn. 
Belief Societies 231 

German Society — Society of Sons of St, George — Other Na- 
tional Societies — Soup Societies — Industrial Aid Societies — Fuel 
Associations — ^Assistance Societies — Humane Associations. 

CHAPTEE XVIII. 

Charitable Ordebs and Associations 237 

Masonic Temple and Hall— Odd Fellows' Halls— Order of 
United American Mechanics — Independent Order of Eed Men- 
American Protestant Association — Other Orders. 



g CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

243 

^™m1;y of the Fi^st Tr^op of'philadelpMa ^ty Cavalry- 
Nat onal^Guards' Armory-City ^--y-^^^g,,;'^^'^''"^ 
Corps Washington Grays-Armory of Keystone Battery. 

OHAPTEE XX. 

247 

Club— Penn Club— Saturday Club. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

. . 251 

— Gymnastics. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

. . 257 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

261 

Chtteches 



man)-Beformed (Dutch)-Eoman Catholic. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

Associations fob Religious Objects 299 

Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association-Presbyterian 

i^^rLfPuS^^ 

?St:™ote-Other Publication Societies and Tract Soc. 

eties-Clergymen's Annuity and Aid Funds. 



CONTENTS. 9 

CHAPTEE XXV. 



PAGE 



Cemeteries . 303 

Eonaldson's Cemetery— Laurel Hill— West Laurel Hill— Mon- 
ument Cemetery — Mount Vernon — Glen wood — Woodlands- 
Mount Moriah— Old Oaks— Odd Fellows'— Mechanics'— Mount 
Peace— Greenwood — Cedar Hill — Leverington—Fairhill— Ca- 
thedral— New Cathedral— Mount Sinai— Beth-El-Emeth. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Places of Historical Interest 315 

The Treaty-Ground— Germantown Battle-Ground— Eed Bank 
Battle-Ground— Fort Mifflin. 

CHAPTEE XXVII. 

Buildings of a Public Character of Historic 

Note 32i 

Penn Mansion, Letitia Court — Carpenters' Hall — House 
where the Declaration of Independence was Written— The Old 
Mint— Old London Coffee-House— Free Quaker Meeting-House 
— Wilson School-House. 

CHAPTEE XXVIII. 
Historical Mansions . 329 

Bartram's House — Stentou — Belmont — Cliveden —Mount 
Pleasant— Lemon Hill— Solitude— Woodlands— Fairhill. 

CHAPTEE XXIX. 
Bridges ^ ^ 337- 

CHAPTEE XXX. 

Public Parks and Squares 345 

Fairmount Park— The Wissahickon— Hunting Park— Public 
Squares. 

CHAPTEE XXXI. 
The International Exhibition of 1876 . . . .373 

CHAPTEE XXXII. 
Six Days in Philadelphia 39I 



ILLUSTEATIONS. 



PAQB 



wir.iAM PEAK'S H0«SB IN L^tia Stbbet, peh^^t ^^^ 
Appearance ••• •'" 40 

Ofeicial Seai. of the City of Phii.adei.phia............. 4^ 

HORSEBADISH MAN " gg 

Independence Hall gg 

The State-house in 1776 ^^^ 

The Old Liberty Bell • ^^^^ 

Interior of Independence Hall 

Court-yard of the New Public Buildings i^ - 

Entrance to the Eastern Penitentiary ^^^ 

MOYAMENSING PRISON ^__ 

Bird's-eye View of the House of Correction li'^ 

Central High-school ^26- 

United States Custom-house ^^^^ 

United States Mint ^^^ 

Court-yard, United States Mint •••••• ^^^^ 

League Island ^^^ 

Commercial Exchange ^^^ 

Merchants' Exchange ^^^ 

GiRARD Point Elevator ■ ^^^^ 

University of Pennsylvania •■•• ^^^ 

GiRARD College • yj^ 

Protestant Episcopal Academy l"^;"*" vt' 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY ^^^^^^^^- ^^^ 
VANIA 283 

Academy of Natural Sciences ^^^ 

Plan of the Zoological Gardens •••• ^^^ 

Carnivora-housb, Zoological Gardens 

10 



ILLUSTRATIONS. H 



PAGE 



Monkey-house 288 

Bear-pits j^gp 

Academy of Fine Arts 191 

Philadelphia Library 200 

EiDGWAY Library 201 -\ 

Mercantile Library 202 

Apprentices' Library 204 

Pennsylvania Hospital 208 ^ 

Episcopal Hospital (Bird's-eye View) 213- 

Episcopal Hospital (Front View) 214-( 

Hospital oe the University of Pennsylvania 217 

St. George's Hall 233~ 

Masonic Temple 239- 

Union League House 248 

First Baptist Church 262 

Fifth Baptist Church 263 

Tabernacle Church 264 

Church of the Holy Communion 269 

Old Pine Street Church 274 

Second Presbyterian Church (with Steeple com- 

pi^eted) 275- 

Bethany Church and Sunday-school 278 

North Broad Street Church 279- 

Christ Church 282 

Grave of Franklin 283 

Old Swedes' Church (Gloria Dei) 286 

The Burd Monument in St. Stephen's Church 288 

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul 295^ 

Church of the Eestoration 298 

Young Men's Christian Association Building 299 -j 

The Schuylkill, from Laurel Hill 307- 

The Schuylkill, from West Laurel Hill 309- 

The Treaty Monument 31g 

Carpenters' Hall 323 

Wilson School-house 328 

Bartram's House 329 

Chew House, Germantown 332 j 

Solitude 33^ 



12 ILLUSTRATIONS. 

PA-GK 

339- 

GiRABD Avenue Bridge •• •••••" 

Bridge oyer the Sckhyekiee at Chestnut Street.... 341 

Fountain near Mineral Spring, Lemon Hiei. ^^^ 

East Terrace, Lemon Hill ^^^ 

Schuylkill Bluffs, below Edgely ^^^ 

Entrance at Egglesfield ^^^ 

Connecting Bridge, Fairmount Park ^ ••-• 

FAIRMOUNT PARK FROM THE LaNSDOWNE ENTRANCE 353 

View of Sweet-brier from Egglesfield •• ^^^ 

View above Sweet-brier ^^^^ 

View from Belmont g^g 

Monster Pines, West Park •■•••••• ^ 

EAViNE IN Western Park, Sweet-brier Vale • ^^^ 

On the Wissahickon Drive • ^^^^ 

A Glimpse of the Wissahickon •••••••••• ^^^ 

The Hermit's Pool • ^^^ 

Hemlock Glen, on the Wissahickon ^^^ 

The Wissahickon at Chestnut Hill ^^^^ 

The Drive, Wissahickon ^^^ 

Glen Fern, Wissahickon V:' mt" Airy ". 367 

Bridge over the Wissahickon near Mt. Airy 

Drinking Fountain on the Wissahickon .^..^.^.. 

Bird's-eye View of the Centennial Buildings. 37. 

m'n building. International exhibition 376^ 

Memorial Hall— Art Gallery ••••••• ^^^ 

Machinery Hall 3g4 

Agricultural Hall ggy 

Horticultural Hall r""w™TioN '''. 389- 

WoMEN's Building, International Exhibition 

v3 / 1 - ' 



A SKETCH 



HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA. 



rpHE first European who trod the soil which now belongs to 
-■- the city of Philadelphia was probably a certain Captain 
Hendrickson, who commanded one of the five vessels fitted out 
by the Dutch East India Company in the year 1623, of which 
little fleet Captain Cornells Jacobsen Mey was commodore. 
Before that time, as early as the year 1609, Henry Hudson, an 
Englishman in the service of the Dutch East India Company, 
in the yacht Half-Moon, discovered a large river which flowed 
into a great bay opening into the Atlantic Ocean and north of 
the Chesapeake Bay. Into this newly-discovered bay he en- 
tered and penetrated a short distance ; but coming out of it, 
sailing north-east and keeping near the coast, he discovered 
another great bay into which a large river emptied. From 
this circumstance he gave to the river first discovered by him 
the name of the South Eiver, and to the other the name of the 
North Eiver. In the year 1610 a ship, which carried the Lord 
Thomas de la War on his voyage to Virginia, entered the 
South Bay and discovered the river flowing into it, and then 
went on to Virginia. Under these two discoveries arose the 
conflicting claims of two nations. The Dutch claimed the 
North and South Elvers and the intervening territories. The 
English claimed the territory adjoining the South Eiver, 
which they called the Delaware. Captain Mey found two 
prominent capes at the mouth of the South Bay, which he 
2 n 



24 HISTOKY. 

named after himself. One tears Us name to this day^ The 
1 oo n-ariP TTpnloDen, was named Oape ^oi 

other, now ^^^^^^^^TrZi^ei at Manhattan, now 
N^^orf Xr m" wtt to Enrope; and obtaining com- 

•1 But there were difficulties in maintaining tlie settle 
onies. i^iit tnere wexe Nassau was garrisoned and 

n.ents which were made -!« ^~ ^^,, ,„^ewhere 
Fort Beversrede erected on the >'CMy ^ 

north of the f ^/ *'^\rr« XfhVad been chax- 
1638 a Swedish West India Company w ^^^^^ ^^^ 

of the present city of Ij^"*"^' j^ ^^^ D„tch nor the 

ered the iirst permanent t^^'^^^X^.^tteir expeditions, 

several '^tt«'"P^_,^rswrdish government sent ont governors 
nent success The^ Swedish g ^^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ 

for the colonies. Foits J^'f « ^he Dutch at Nassau, 

:;r;nrCnrof1"eam, frecnently quarrelled 



HISTORY. 15 

with their neighbors, and finally, to make their authority- 
more certain, they resolved to abandon Fort Nassau on the 
east bank of the river, and in the year 1651 built Fort Casi- 
mer near the present site of the town of New Castle. The 
Swedes were not disposed to submit to this claim, and John 
Kysingh, upon the 31st of May, 1654, captured Fort Casimer 
by assault and without spilling a drop of blood. The Dutch 
at New York, hearing of these things, got up an expedition ; 
and sailing to Fort Casimer with a fleet of seven vessels, 
Peter Stuyvesant, governor of Manhattan, demanded a sur- 
render of the fortr— which was now called Trinity Fort— which 
was granted. Thus was the Dutch power re-established, but 
for a short time only. In 1664 the English captured Manhat- 
tan from the Dutch, and named it New York. An expedition 
under Sir Robert Carre, in October, 1664, came to the Dela- 
ware, demanded a surrender of Trinity Fort, but not obtaining 
it as quickly as desired fired two broadsides into it, landed 
storming parties, assaulted the fort, killed three Dutchmen 
and wounded ten, and in triumph raised the flag of Eng- 
land, which was thenceforth to be supreme on the Dela- 
ware for nine years. War between the Dutch and English 
commenced in 1672, and on the 30th of July in the next year 
a Dutch fleet, under the command of Commodores Cornelius 
Evertsie and Jacob Benckes, summoned the English fort at 
Staten Island to surrender, which was done without firing a 
shot, and the authorities at New York swore allegiance to the 
States-general and the prince of Orange. The people upon 
the South River accommodated themselves to the change of 
masters, and welcomed the Dutch. This was to be their last 
appearance upon the Delaware. In the next year, 1674, by a 
treaty between England and Holland, the settlements in 
America were ceded to Great Britain, and the territory once 
more passed under the English flag. WilHam Penn, having 
become somewhat acquainted with the character of the coun- 
try by being a part proprietor of West Jersey, sought larger 
possessions; and the British government being indebted to his 
father, Admiral William Penn, in actual money as well as for 



16 HISTORY. 

services rendered, the young Quaker found but little difficulty 
in obtaining a grant for a large tract of land upon wbich to 
found a colony, with a broad grant of feudal and political 
powers. The charter of Pennsylvania was granted at West- 
minster on the 4th of March, 1681 (old style). 

Penn lost no time in preparing for the settlement of his 
colony. Having much influence among the English Friends, 
he published his proposals among them, offering liberal con- 
cessions. He immediately sent out to Pennsylvania his 
cousin, Captain William Markham, who had been a soldier, 
with a commission to be deputy governor of the province, 
and with instructions to inform the European inhabitants of 
Pennsylvania already settled there of the change in govern- 
ment, promising them liberal laws and allowance. Markham 
was also instructed to assemble the Indians and inform them 
that his intended policy toward them was peace and honesty. 
The lieutenant-governor arrived in New York on the 21st of 
June 1681, and in a short time afterward reached the Swedish 
and English settlements on the Delaware. He was followed 
by three commissioners, William Crispin, John Bezar and 
Nathaniel Allen, who had power to settle the colony, and, 
among other things, to lay out a principal city to be the cap- 
ital of the province, which William Penn determined should 
be called Philadelphia. The commissioners arrived m De- 
cember, 1681 ; and with the help of Thomas Fairman, an 
English surveyor who was living at Shackamaxon, north of 
the site chosen for the city, the plan of the great town was 
speedily laid out, so that when Penn himself arrived m the 
ship Welcome, in the latter part of October, 1682, the plan 
of the city and of the province was regulated to some degree 
and the system understood. Penn at once addressed himself 
to work. An assembly was convened, three counties, Phila- 
delphia, Bucks and Chester, were created, and proper laws 
were passed. After a stay of about twenty-two months, Penn 
was called to England, expecting to return in a short time. 
Trouble and disappointment met him at home. Charles II. 
died shortly after his arrival. James II. while duke of York 



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HISTORY. 17 

had been a warm personal friend of Penn. When he came 
to the throne, the Eoman Catholic principles of James created 
dissatisfaction and distrust among the English people, by 
which the friends of the king suffered, Penn being among 
them. When William and Mary succeeded to the throne, 
after the expulsion of James II., Penn was arrested for treason 
upon a charge of holding secret correspondence with the late 
king. He was afterward released, but again arrested and 
discharged. The British government took possession of the 
government of Pennsylvania and placed it under the juris- 
diction of Benjamin Fletcher, governor of Xew York, about 
October, 1692. The government was restored to Penn in the 
fall of 1694, and Markham was made lieutenant-governor. 
These difficulties prevented Penn from coming back to 
America until the latter part of 1699. He found a far dif- 
ferent state of affairs from what had existed when he left the 
city fifteen years before. There were streets, houses, some of 
them quite large and elegant, shops, warehouses and shipping. 
The dwelling-houses were estimated at 700, and the population 
at 4500. This visit was short. Efforts were made in England 
to annex all proprietary governments to the Crown. It was 
necessary that this attempt should be resisted; and in October, 
1701, after having incorporated Philadelphia as a city, the 
proprietor set sail for England, expecting to return in a few 
months. He never did return. New embarrassments met 
him. His pecuniary wants and the treachery of his steward 
involved him to such a degree that he was arrested for debt 
and thrown into the Fleet Prison in 1708, where he continued 
for about nine months. In 1712 his health gave way, his 
memory became impafred, and during six years he lingered 
an imbecile, childish and gentle in his manners, the sad wreck 
of a strong mind. He died on the 30th day of the 5th month, 
July, old style, 1718. His government was administered for 
a time by his wife, Hannah. Subsequently it went into the 
hands of his children and their descendants as proprietors, 
and they administered the government, usually by lieutenant- 
governors, but sometimes in person, until the American revo- 
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jg HISTORY. 

lution put an end to all gOTernments acting under English 

^Mt^ry of the city for nearly .e.enty-fi.e yea^ after 
the second departure of Penn, so far as regards political and 
pul rmatters' is a record of quarrels between the lieutenant- 
governors and the various assemblies of the V^ormce r^ 
Stir were usually composed in majority of -enabe^ f^^« 
society of Friends holding peculiar doctrines m relation to the 
r^lawfulness of war. The members of the Penn family had 
^turned to the religion of the Church of England, and the 
"ant-governors%pointed by them held no conBCienU u 
scruples against the right of using arms ^^ ^ ^^^^^^'^^^ 
Great Britain was involved in several wa.« with Eu™Pean 
nations, and her American colonies were m danger of attack 
and capture. Whenever these necessities arose, lieutenant- 
;:vernors called upon the assemblies for appropriations of 
Lney to raise troops, which requisitions were feequently de- 
Ted or evaded upon various pretexts, some of which we e 
folded upon the alleged dishonesty of the proprietaries lu 
evading their own obligations on -* occasions and endeav- 
oring to throw them upon the people. In 1' 02 war was 
commenced by France and Spain with England, which lasted 
seTa years. Lieutenant-Governor John Evans, fearing a^ 
taXby the enemies' privateers or vessels of war, endeavored 
to 11 assistance from the assembly, which was denied. He 
aerefore under the authority of the charter, which gave he 
IrSor the powers of a captain-general, authorized the 
embodiment of a force which was called a militia, but which, 
r^lly not being authorized or supported by the assemb y, w^ 
Tvotanteer fori, probably the first which had been embodied 
L the American ;olonies. In 1706, Evans, who w- -p— 
and deficient in judgment, undertook to stir up the Quakers 
W a foonl contivance. A forged letter was brought up from 
New Oas le on the semi-annual fair-day, when great crowds 
of people were in the city, representing that several armed 
shinshad Entered the river Delaware, and were ooming up 
Sinton ion to attack and plunder the defenceless town. 



HISTORY. 19 

The goyernor himself made his appearance in public on 
horseback with drawn sword, calling upon the people to arm 
themselves and turn out in defence of the city. A great alarm 
ensued. People concealed their valuables and fled. A cer- 
tain number of persons appeared at the place of rendezvous 
with arms, and efforts were made to embody them in com- 
panies. The Quakers were neither enticed nor frightened into 
this movement. Some five or six young members of that sect 
were all that seemed to respond to the summons ; and when the 
deceit and falsehood were discovered, the indignation against 
Evans was so strong that the Penns found it necessary to 
withdraw him and appoint a successor. In 1709, under Lieu- 
tenant-Governor Charles Gookin, French privateers plundered 
the town of Lewes in the Lower Counties on the Delaware. 
The governor called on the assembly for a grant of £4000 
to assist the queen in the invasion of Canada. The members 
would grant nothing for that purpose, but voted £500 as a 
present to the queen, which Gookin refused to receive. At 
the succeeding election in 1710 a change having been made 
in the character of the assembly, £2000 were voted to the 
queen. 

In the year 1739, there being a state of disturbance between 
England and Spain, Governor Thomas issued letters of marque 
and reprisal against Spain preliminary to a declaration of 
war. The first privateer commissioned in Pennsylvania, the 
sloop George, Captain William Axon, scoured the seas under 
this authority. The governor applied for appropriations to 
the assembly for the defence of the province, and assistance 
to the Crown. But having undertaken to allow enlistments 
of servants, the assembly took umbrage, and a quarrel ensued 
with the usual acerbity. War with Spain was proclaimed on 
the 14th of April, 1740, the assembly obstructing the pro- 
ceedings as much as possible. Many privateers were com- 
missioned, and they made important captures during the next 
four years. Ere the war with Spain had closed a contest 
with France had opened, proclamation of which was made 
on the 11th of June, 1744. In 1745, Louisburg having been 



HISTORY. 



captured, the assembly was induced ^o f^^^J^ZlX 
king for the purchase of bread, beef, P"^^"' ™„\ce. 
othfr grains, to be used by the goTernor for t^e W s J^i 
The litter construed the words " "'l^- g^^"/ J^^v'de the 
powder, and declared that the assembly meant to evade 
Lmin responsibility by the use of t^-^-^.^OO for the 
year, 1746, the assembly was -^ucf *o ^te ^f,, ,efased. 
king's use, without condition In ^^^^ ^ J't,_ ^^tj™ had 
The'privateers, which in previous ye^s h^ ^^.M !>- 
mostly ceased to sail, for the ^'^^^^''^^''^r'^^^^Le having 
come unprofitable, the French and SP-^^^^— ^^ ^ch 
been nearly all swept ^^-^^^^ f .^.^r ^ad come up 
frigates on the coast, and a ^J''"'^^ P"^;^ „f ^^ieh when 
tliP Delaware beyond Bombay Hoot, news u 

!?Ntvember In three days 500 signatures had been pio- 
of -November ^ ^ ^^ throughout the province, 

cured to It, and v»ljte«""g ^,,e two regiments 

By the beginning ot January, icto, intterv was 

iu Philadelphia and others in the counties. ^ otte.y was 
, . •.. *^ftOO for the erection of a batteiy toi tne 
?; t onh ity vMch w s so successful that by themiddle 
of m til fc»n wa. built upon the Delaware below 

Itand It was mounted in 1750 with upward of fifty pr^e 
of cannon, of which the proprietaries gave fourteen. The 



HISTORY. 21 

preliminary peace agreed to between Great Britain, France 
and Spain at Aix-la-Chapelle in April, 1748, became known 
in Pennsylvania about the 24th of August of the same year, 
and hostilities ceased. 

In 1739-40 the itinerant preacher Eev. George Whitefield 
was in Philadelphia, and his style of speaking and fervency 
created a great excitement. He preached at first in the es- 
tablished churches, but afterward spoke upon the State-house 
steps, from the balconies of houses, and at other places in the 
open air. So strong was the enthusiasm that it was resolved 
to erect a building for the special use of this preacher. 
One was commenced and partly finished on the west side of 
Fourth street south of the street now called Arch street, and 
he preached in it sixteen times in 1740, twelve times in 1745 
and several times in 1746. Afterward it became the property 
of the College of Philadelphia, which was subsequently known 
as the University of Pennsylvania. 

Braddock's defeat, in 1755, produced a more wonderful 
effect upon the assembly than any previous event. £5000 
were voted to the king. But as the act contained a provision 
that the landed estates of the proprietaries should be taxed 
at the same rate as those of the inhabitants, the governor re- 
fused to sanction the grant. Braddock's expedition was in- 
tended to dislodge the French, who, by a series of settlements 
and forts extending from Canada to Louisiana, hemmed in 
the British colonies upon the coast and threatened their 
progress. Some of the nations of Indians were induced to 
'unite with the French, and thus the frontiers became 
exposed to murders and outrages. Fresh clamor was made 
against the policy of the assembly, and the Quakers found 
that they could not withstand the evidences of public feel- 
ing. A militia law was therefore passed, in the preamble 
of which it was stated, in effect, that although the Quakers 
would not fight, out of conscience' sake, they could not con- 
scientiously prevent persons from fighting who had no scru- 
ples upon the subject. Associations for defence were there- 
fore authorized, and with such effect that before the end of 



22 HISTORY. 

the year there were eighteen companies of infantry in Phila- 
delphia organized under the new law-Benjaram FraiJilin 
be ng colonel of the city regiment and Jacob Duch^ of the 
county regiment-in addition to artillery, cavalry and six 
companies belonging to the old Association Against the 
Indians war existed, although not formally declared. Be- 
wards were offered for every male and female ?"->- ^;-|^' 
in and for the scalps of Indian men and women. This policy 
w^s recommended by ofiicers of the FOP™*^ 8"™— *f' 
but was not encouraged by the propr etors, although a liaW 
dozen scalps were brought in during the troubles. Wa was 
again declared against France at Easto" a„d 3^^^^* 
at Philadelphia on the 12th of August 1756. Colonel Arm 
strong's successful expedition ^g^-f K;*™S;f ^^^^^ 
ing of Captain Jacobs, an Indian leader, relieved the prov 
nee of danger from the savages in 1756. The war with 
France continued. Privateers were again commissioned and 
a ship-of-war, the property of the province and named the 
Pennsylvania frigate, was fitted out as a cruiser The 
assembly had changed so much that the enlisting of 2700 
Ten for' military service was agreed to be necessary and 
a bounty of £5 for each recruit was authorized. Hostilities 
coutinuld with France and Spain until the prehmmary ti-ea y 
of Fontainebleau, November 3, 1762, news of which reached 
Philadelphia on the 25th of January in the succeeding year. 

In 1763 the massacre of Indians at Paxton, Lancaster 
county led to the removal of many of the Moravian In-, 
ZnX Philadelphia for protection. The .f axt»n Boys^ as 
they were called, resolved to march to the city and kill these 
Indtens, and some two hundred of them came as far as 
Gelantown, where they halted. Meanwhile, the city w^ 
alarmed; citizens took up arms, barricades ^«« ^jted, and 
artillery placed in position to defend the place But the Pax 
ton Boys did not come. Negotiations were made with them by 
leading citizens, at Germantown, and the strength of the inva- 
sion melted away. The Indian outrages continued. Rewards 
were offered at this time under authority of the proprietors 



HISTORY. 23 

for scalps and prisoners. The expedition of Colonel Boquet 
in the summer of 1764 settled this trouble by a treaty made 
at the forks of the Muskingum, which ended the hostilities 
which had been carried on by the Indians under French in- 
fluence. 

The reception of the news of the passage of the Stamp Act 
by the British Parliament in 1765 was followed by resolutions 
on the part of the people to practice economy. It was deter- 
mined that extravagance in funeral ceremonies should be dis- 
couraged, and simplicity preferred in all things. Agreements 
were entered into that, in order to encourage the production 
of wool, the eating of mutton and the drinking of foreign 
beer ought to cease, and the merchants and traders of the city, 
with scarcely an exception, entered into an agreement that 
they would not import British-made goods until the Stamp Act 
was repealed. John Hughes was appointed stamp-master for 
Pennsylvania. The stamps were brought in October, 1765, by 
the Eoyal Charlotte, under convoy of the British sloop-of-war 
Sardine. When these ships were seen coming around Glou- 
cester Point, the vessels in the harbor hoisted their flags at 
half-mast, the bells in the city were muffled and tolled, a 
meeting of citizens assembled at the State-house which sev- 
eral thousand attended. Resolutions were passed requesting 
Mr, Hughes to resign the position of stamp-collector. He 
declined to do so, but neglected to take possession of the 
stamps, which were taken on board the Sardine and carried 
back to England. These proceedings did not affect the vital- 
ity of the law, which required papers and writings to be 
stamped which were issued on or after the 18th of November. 
To evade the necessity of compliance, the almanacs for 1766 
were published in advance of the usual time, and on the day 
before the act was to go into effect the two newspapers then 
published came out with black lines between the columns, 
skull and cross-bones with pick-axe and spade for the head- 
ing, with a coffin at the bottom of the last page. These were 
accompanied with a statement to the effect that the publica- 
tion of the journals would be suspended. This was not actu- 



24 HISTORY. 

Hllv done. Printed sheets were occasionally published which 
did not bear the titles of the journals, and after three weeks 
the publications were resumed. In regard to law-papers 
the matter was more serious. The public offices were closed 
for five months, and the lawyers resolved that it would be un- 
safe to conduct legal proceedings while the Stamp Act was m 
force A second vessel bringing stamps was also sent away, 
and a West India stamped newspaper and a few stamps were 
publiclv burned in front of the Coffee-house with expressions 
of detekation. News of the repeal of the Stainp Ac was re- 
ceived in Mav, 1766, by a merchant-vessel from England There 
was great applause and excitement. The captain who brought 
the news was escorted to the Coffee-house, invited to drink 
a patriotic toast in a glass of punch, and was presented with 
a told cocked-hat. The next day there was a grand feast at 
the State-house, and the officers of the royal ship, the Sar- 
dine, which had brought the stamps to Philadelphia and had 
remained in port from the time of the arrival, were invited 

guests. , , , ^„ 

The gratification of the people was not enjoyed veiy long 
Parliament, whilst repealing the Stamp Act, directly asserted 
a rio-ht to tax America, and on the 29th of June, 1767, an act 
was'passed directing that duties should be levied in America 
upon paper, glass, painters' colors, lead and tea imported 
for the use of the people. The flame of excitement, whic^i 
had died out after the repeal of the Stamp Act, was renewed, 
and throughout the colonies it was determined to resist the 
attempt. On the 25th of April, 1768, in response to a cir- 
cular from Massachusetts, resolutions were adopted at a 
meeting at the State-house setting forth the grievances of the 
colonies, and subsequently it was determined to cease impor- 
tation from Great Britain. Under this agreement merchan- 
dise sent over from England was sent back or refused. Among 
these articles were malt, dry-goods, cheese and other mer- 
chandise. American manufactures were encouraged. Among 
the articles thus made were glassware, brass and wooden 
buttons, paper-hangings, papier-mach6, china, steel, woollen 



HISTORY. 25 

stuffs, silk, etc. The measures of resistance in the colonies 
compelled Parliament to attempt to satisfy the Americans. 
The duties on paper, glass and painters' colors were repealed 
in 1770, with a single exception of three pence per pound on 
tea. This concession was not satisfactory. The tax on tea 
was considered a means of keeping up the parliamentary claim, 
and it was resolved to maintain in force the non-importation 
agreements, not only as regarded tea, but all other articles of 
British manufacture. Whilst the payment of duties upon tea 
was resisted, the smuggling in of that article without payment 
of duties was encouraged. This led to the seizure by a king's 
revenue schooner of a pilot-boat in the Delaware in 1771, 
which contained tea intended to be brought into Philadel- 
phia, and to the rescue of the pilot-boat with the tea by about 
thirty persons, who, with blackened faces, boarded the king's 
vessel near Red Bank. They beset and overpowered the crew ; 
and binding the latter, they took possession of the pilot-boat, 
with her cargo, and sailed away. In 1773 the East India Com- 
pany resolved to export tea to America. In consequence, a meet- 
ing of citizens was held at the State-house' October 18, at which 
it was resolved that Parliament had no right to tax the Ameri- 
cans without their consent, and that any one who would re- 
ceive or sell the tea sent out to America would be denounced 
as an enemy to his country. The ship Polly, Captain Ayres, 
was selected as the vessel which was to bring the tea to Phila- 
delphia. Handbills and broadsides purporting to be issued 
" by the committee for tarring and feathering " were printed. 
They were addressed to the Delaware pilots, and to Captain 
Ayres himself, warning the former of the danger which they 
would incur if they brought the tea-ship safely up the river, 
whilst Captain Ayres was threatened with the application of 
tar and feathers if he attempted to land the tea. On Christmas 
day, 1773, the Polly came up the river as far as Gloucester 
Point, New Jersey, opposite the lower part of the city. An 
express from Chester had previously brought the news of her 
coming. A committee of citizens went on board, represented 
to Captain Ayres the danger he was in, and accompanied him 



26 HISTORY. 

to the State-house, where the largest meeting was convened 
which ever had been assembled in the city. This meeting 
resolved that the tea on board the ship should not be landed, 
that the vessel should not be entered or reported at the custom- 
house, and that the tea should be carried back immediately 
by Captain Ayres. The latter declared his willingness to 
abide by these resolutions. He was supplied with necessaries, 
and in two hours the Polly set sail and went down the river 
with her whole cargo. 

In May, 1774, effigies of Wedderburne, who had insulted 
Dr Franklin before the English privy council, and of Gov- 
ernor Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts, were drawn 
through the streets in a cart, hanged on a gallows m front ot 
the Coffee-house and burned. In June 1, 1774, when the 
Boston Port Bill was to go into operation, there were solemn 
ceremonies, bells were tolled, stores and places of business 
were shut up, and religious exercises took place i^ churches 
and meeting-houses. On the 5th of September, 1774, dele- 
gates from eleven provinces met at Carpenters Hall, m 
Chestnut street, and electing Peyton Eandolphof Virginia 
president and Charles Thomson of Pennsylvania secretary, 
proceeded to consider the condition of the colonies. This 
first Congress adjourned in October, having resolved that 
contributions should be raised to relieve the distress of the 
people of Boston, that importations from Great Britain or her 
dependencies should cease on the 1st of December, 1774, and 
that exportation from America of all kinds should cease on 
the 10th of September, 1775. It was resolved that another 
Congress ought to be held at Philadelphia on the 10th of the 

succeeding May. n^-,-r^ 

To carry out the spirit of the recommendations of this Con- 
gress, committees of inspection and observation were chosen 
for the city. Northern Liberties, Southwark and Kensington, 
and for the county. They exercised an important jurisdic- 
tion, which, in point of fact, was absolute. 

News of the battles of Concord and Lexington reached the 
city near the evening of the 24th of April, 1775, and was not 



HISTORY. 27 

generally known until the next day. A meeting was held with- 
out delay at the State-house. It was attended by about eight 
thousand persons. Those who were present briefly resolved 
that they would "associate together to defend with arms 
their property, liberty and lives against all attempts to 
deprive them of it." This resolution was immediately car- 
ried out by the raising of troops, the building of forts and 
batteries upon the Delaware, the construction of floating bat- 
teries, fire-ships, galleys and vessels of war, and the prepara- 
tion of a chevaux-de-frise to be sunk in the river to obstruct 
the passage of hostile vessels. The manufacture and repair 
of arms, the casting of cannon-shot and musket-balls and the 
making of gunpowder were encouraged and provided for. In 
May, 1776, there was a naval action below the chevaux-de-frise 
between the state ship, guard-boats, galleys and a floating 
battery on the side of the Americans, and the British frigate 
Eoebuck and sloop-of-war Liverpool, which took place near 
the mouth of Christiana Creek. The British vessels were 
in great danger, but managed to escape, and returned to their 
cruising-grounds near the capes. On the 2d of July, 1776, 
Congress, which was sitting in the State-house, adopted the 
resolution of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, offered June 7 
and seconded by John Adams, in favor of the severance of 
all connection between the colonies and Great Britain, and 
independence of that power. On the 3d and 4th of July 
Congress debated the form of the declaration of the causes 
which had led to the resolution of independence. It was finally 
adopted on the 4th, and on the 8th of July the document was 
read for the first time to the people by John Nixon, a mem- 
ber of the Council of Safety, from the observatory which had 
been erected in the State-house yard to observe the transit of 
Venus in 1770. The king's arms were taken down from the 
court-room in the State-house and burned by the people. 
The Declaration was also read on the commons to the five 
battalions of city Associators. Bells were rung and bonfires 
lighted, and upon this occasion there can be little doubt that 
the old State-house bell joined in the clamor and fulfilled the 



28 HISTORY. 

command inscribed upon it when it was cast twenty-four 
years before : " Proclaim liberty througbotit the land unto all 
the inhabitants thereof." In the month of August, 1777 the 
British army, under Lord Howe, which had sailed trom New 
York was debarked at the head of the Elk Eiver, in Maryland, 
having been brought up the Chesapeake Bay in transports. 
Washington marched southward to meet the enemy. iHe 
battle of Brandywine was fought and lost. The massacre at 
Paoli was accomplished. A pitched battle near the War- 
ren Tavern, on the Lancaster road, about twenty miles from 
the city, was prevented by a terrible rain-storm Washington 
was ready to contest the passage of the Schuylkill at Parker s 
Ford. Howe, by a feint, was enabled to cross the Schuylkill 
at Fatland's and Gordon's fords on the 22d of September On 
the 26th two battalions of Hessian grenadiers, with a detach- 
ment of royal artillery, marched down Second street road 
and entered the city. A portion of the troops followed and a 
portion remained at Germantown. The state fleet, consisting 
of ships and galleys, remained in the Delaware above Fort 
Island or Mud Fort. Finding that the British were at- 
tempting to erect batteries upon the wharves of the city, 
these vessels moved up and engaged the British forces on 
shore. The issue was unfortunate. The Delaware Irigate ran 
aground and struck her flag. The Montgomery, the Fly and 
the row-galleys attempted to pass in front of the city, and 
reach the^ portion of the river north of it. A scl^ooner^was 
run aground; and not succeeding in the attempt, the Mon. 
gomery and the galleys made their way down t^e river and 
obtained safety under the guns of Mud Fort. On the 4th of 
October, Washington attacked the British army at German- 
town; and although he did not win a victory, he Bncceeded m 
producing such wholesome respect m the mmd of ^le British 
commander that the outlying detachments were called m and 
encamped in the city, and their safety from sudden attack 
was ensured by the construction of a chain of redoubts stretch- 
. Tng from the Delaware at Kensington to the hill at Fairmount 
with thick abattis and impediments between. The British 



HISTORY. 29 

were in possession of the city, but the Americans held the 
country beyond. The Americans had closed the Delaware by 
the chevaux-de-frise, which was protected by the Mud Fort 
and the fort at Eed Bank. The royal army was, in effect, be- 
leaguered and cut off from communication with the fleet which 
had entered the Delaware, but could not come up to the city 
in consequence of the American forts and batteries. The 
effort of General Howe was therefore turned to the task of re- 
leasing the river from the American domination. The British 
army brought with it a moderate supply of stores only, and 
these became diminished with the progress of each day, until 
suffering was experienced. The royal fleet below was enabled 
to take possession of the American battery at Billingsport, 
which was abandoned upon the approach of the ships. On the 
21st of October, Colonel Count Donop, with Hessian grenadiers 
and chasseurs, crossed the Delaware in boats, and marching 
toward the fort at Eed Bank, which was held by Colonel 
Christopher Grreen of the Ehode Island brigade, demanded a 
surrender. Green refused, although he had but three hundred 
and fifty men, whilst Donop had twenty-five hundred. An 
assault was attempted and the enemy was repulsed. Donop 
was killed and his forces retreated, having lost four -hundred 
killed and wounded in this affair. Whilst the battle was 
going on at Eed Bank the British fleet made a bold effort to 
pass up the river and get through the chevaux-de-frise. The 
Pennsylvania galleys, under Commodore Hazlewood, resisted 
the attempt, but night coming on firing was suspended. 
Next morning at daylight it was discovered that the British 
frigates Eoebuck, Augusta and Merlin were aground. Float- 
ing batteries, galleys and fire-ships were sent against them, 
and the fort on Mud Island joined in the cannonade. The 
Augusta took fire and blew up. The Merlin was abandoned 
and set on fire, and also blew up. The other British vessels 
managed to get out of the danger with some loss, and dropped 
down the river. 

The most difficult problem with the beleaguered British 
army was to capture the fort at Mud Island. To reduce this 
3* 



3Q HISTORY. 

post batteries were erected upon the east '^f /-*J;^''^^f 
[he ScWMl Ei^er wWch together --"f '^^^^^^I 
twenty-four and thirty-two VO^nAer^^^^d.^^ been bor 
rowed from ships belonging to the British A^et. The siege 
If M„rt Fort may be said to have fairly commenced about the 
thof SeXr' Lieutenant-Colonel B--^^^^ 
was in command of the fort, was not idle Wr^h the — nc'. 

outside of the Mud Fort was ^1^ /^^-^^-f ' *~ ^l 
ginning of November, by a great -^''",^fJ°f/^'^Z 

£^r-fth:t,:rrerm^Tetif^^^^ 

d^ed men The Pennsylvania armed boats and state vessek, 
the forTat Red Bank and a new batteiy erected on the 
Whl were able to accomplish something by way of 
diversion of the fire of the enemy upon the fort The bom 

5:fte--rard=rrta=^ 

wir ^ThS -St hale been successful had not a floating 
trefv made from an East India ship razeed, which was named 
MiTant and carried sixteen twenty-four-pounders together 
i^^^lTl hi armed with three guns of similar calibre, man- 

rtirbfmbarfmenTrere were only fiity men left available 
tlty totundred and iifty had been killed and wounded 
The works were knocked to pieces by the enemy's guns. The 
pal sldet wire beaten down, the parapet destroyed, the guns 



HISTORY. 31 

dismounted and the block-houses levelled. There was no 
fort to defend. On the 16th of October, Major Simeon 
Thayer, who was then in command, set fire to the barracks 
and all works that were combustible, and by the light of the 
fire crossed the Delaware in boats with the remainder of his 
garrison of forty men, and safely gained the shelter of Red 
Bank. 

This disaster opened the Delaware to the British fleets, and 
it also put the American fleet in great peril. It was therefore 
determined that the latter could only find safety by seeking 
the waters of the upper Delaware, passing the city in the 
eflbrt. This was attempted on the 19th ; thirteen galleys and 
twelve armed boats succeeded in passing the city in the night. 
The next night the remaining vessels attempted to pass by. 
Some of the smaller craft succeeded ; but the larger vessels 
being discovered, fire was opened upon them from the cap- 
tured Delaware frigate near the city, and from British batteries 
upon the wharves; two vessels were driven on shore, but 
seven of the larger vessels belonging to the Continental fleet, 
with two floating batteries, were not so fortunate. The wind 
was contrary and the cannonade hot. As an only resort the 
vessels were set on fire when near Gloucester Point, were 
burned and blown up. Efforts were immediately directed 
against Red Bank. Comwallis, with two thousand men, 
marched on the Pennsylvania side of the river down to 
Chester, where he crossed the Delaware on the 19th, and was 
joined by fi-om two to three thousand men from New York 
under General Sir Thomas Wilson. Varnum, who was in 
command at Red Bank, abandoned the work upon the approach 
of Cornwallis. The latter, taking possession, marched the 
majority of his force to Gloucester. There was some skir- 
mishing with American troops which had been sent by Wash- 
ington with the intention of relieving Red Bank. On the 
26th of November frigates and transports arrived at the 
wharves of the city, to the great joy of the royal troops and 
of the inhabitants, provisions having become scarce and high, 
beef selling at $1 a pound, chickens at 10s. each and potatoes 



HISTORY. 



the city until June 18, 177», an mxeivcn w 

tlf months ftom the time of the fi-* oc-p^-' ^.^^ t,. 

important mmary oP-^X^^iaJ; -n to attac. 
Howe marched out m De«mb^ ,^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ 

"^t vf U s" g on tie defensive. There was some 
meet him, but stanamg uix ^.^ ^r,A after four days 

.Mnnishing -^J^S^r^Ser^-^^^ P-ils 
of experiment the British armyj ^.^atory excursions into 
were sent out at various times, and predatory ^^^ 

tiie ^^^^^-■-^^:^JtX':i^r:il P^er and 

Ir.CTu ^ese rperftlns 'the main body of the royal 
bloodshed. In these ope themselves 

army t.ok no P-^. The office- ^^^^y ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 

"CbTTa^L Kms and gambling, and near the 
with balls parties, coo g Mischianza, a grand 

end of their ^^^y- ""-l^; "^l^m Howe, who wa« about 
©te was given in honor of Sir WiUiam , ^.^^^^^_ 

rfrrttttSerC— of «X too. place 

This fete, m t'^^^y^'' ^ ^^l^ile it was in progress the 

inthelowerpa tof theerty.an ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 

Americans in onsiteaWe to ^^^^^. ^^^ ^^^^^^^ 

lines north of the city, set ine otfook Two 

out the body of the royal ^-P^, "^HUt peld was at- 

days after, the --* ^-^^X^^^^l »rE^^^^^^ and 

tempted by ^-^""^^o^;;!;*;^ Jr hed out to surprise 
General Grey, who, with 6500 tioop , m ^^^^^,^ 

La Fayette, who was posted on the R.dge 'o^t ^ ^^.^^^ 

ford. The plan was well -ll^-ff'^^.m in sufficient time 
a knowledge of the approach of ^^^^^ ^^ 

tomakearapidandskiHul retmitw y ^^^ ^^^^^^ 

the mormng °f«^'; ^^^^fMieManza, the British troops 
after the triumphant fete of the Misc , ^^^ 

marched down to the ne^k m the loj^J P^ J,^,i„^ 

crossed the Delaware m boats, and betoi e ni„ 

"Ge^al' Benedict Arnold was sent immediately with a small 



HISTORY. 33 

force to take possession of the city, and he remained in mili- 
tary command for several months, during which time he 
managed to effect a marriage with a daughter of Judge, after- 
ward Chief- Justice, Shippen, In order to keep up an ap- 
pearance of wealth consistent with the style of living which 
he was compelled to assume, he resorted to illicit speculations 
and operations of various kinds, which, when subsequently 
discovered, stimulated the traitorous intentions which finally 
carried him over to the British army. 

Congress came back shortly after the evacuation, and re- 
mained until June, 1783, when the mutinous conduct of some 
troops of the Pennsylvania line, who demanded their pay 
that was long in arrears, frightened the members to such a 
degree that they hastily adjourned to Princeton. Afterward 
they went to New York, where they remained until the adoption 
of the Federal Constitution and the inauguration of Wash- 
ington, when it was determined that the city of Philadelphia 
should be the seat of the United States government for ten 
years ; after which Congress would remove to Washington city. 

In May, 1787, the members of the convention to frame a 
Constitution for the United States met at the State-house, and 
having elected George Washington president and William 
Jackson secretary, sat with closed doors until the 18th of 
September, when the scheme of the Federal Constitution was 
adopted. The assembly of Pennsylvania was in session at 
the time, and it was determined to press the ratification of the 
Constitution without delay. Eight days afterward a resolu- 
tion to authorize the calling of a State convention was pre- 
sented. The opponents of the instrument, who were in the 
minority, sought for delay, and resorted to a plan since fre- 
quently adopted in legislative bodies by arranging that a 
portion of the members should absent themselves from the 
meeting, and thus defeat action in consequence of the want 
of a quorum. This was prevented by an act of violence. 
Two of the members of the assembly were seized at their 
lodgings, dragged through the streets with roughness and 
abuse, and pushed into the chamber of the House, where, 

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34 HISTORY. 

notwithstanding their protests, they were kept until the reso- 
lution was adopted. _ , ., .- :^ 
During the stay of the memhei^ of the Federal convention m 
the city they witnessed a successful experiment of John Fitch 
with his steamboat. Subsequently that unfortunate man per- 
fected his inyention to such a degree that during the summer 
of 1790 the vessel ran regularly as a passenger and ireigiit 
boat upon the Delaware between Philadelphia, Burlington, 
Chester, Bristol, and other places, announcing the trips by 
advertisements in the newspapers, and traversing during that 
season over more than three thousand miles. _ 

The final adoption of the Federal Constitution was cele- 
brated in Philadelphia on the 4th of July, 1788, by a magnifi- 
cent procession, in which the working operations of various 
trades were shown and many exceedingly novel features 

"%ll^lZ^urned at New York on the 12th of August 
1790 to meet at Philadelphia, which was to be the seat ot 
government until 1800. The principal ofiicers removed their 
residences shortly afterward. In 1790, Washington lived m 
Market street, between Fifth and Sixth, in a house once be- 
longing to Governor Richard Penn, which had been tne resi- 
dence of Lord Howe during the British occupation. John 
Adams, Vice-President, lived in the Hamilton niansion,_ at 
Bush Hill • Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, at 174 liign 
street between Fourth and Fifth, on the south side; and 
other'officers, a^ boarders and housekeepers, in various parts 
of the city Congress was accommodated in the building 
which had been erected on the State-house square for the 
purposes of a county court-house, at the south-east corner 
of Sixth and Chestnut streets. The Supreme Court of the 
United States sat in the City Hall, south-west corner of 
Fifth and Chestnut streets. The Treasury Department was 
in the old Clark or Pemberton mansion, south-west corner ot 
Third and Chestnut streets. Other government offices were 
in different parts of the city, and the locations of some «f 
them were changed once or twice between 1790 and 1800. 



HISTORY. 35 

During the stay of the Federal government, Washington 
and Adams were inaugurated as President and Vice-President 
March 4, 1793, and Adams and Jefferson as President and 
Vice-President March 4, 1797, in the chamber of the House of 
Representatives. During the presidencies of Washington and 
Adams politics ran high, in consequence of the French revo- 
lution and of the enlistment of American feeling upon one 
side in strong sympathy with the democratic proceedings in 
France, whilst upon the other side conservatism disapproved 
of the excesses of the persons in power. There were stormy 
scenes of excitement, impassioned and strange demonstrations, 
threatening on many occasions the public peace. The estab- 
lishment of the two great political divisions, the Eepublican 
or Democratic party and Federal party, was a consequence. ' 

A fearful epidemic, the yellow fever, visited Philadelphia in 
the years 1793, 1797 and 1798, at which periods it was exceed- 
ingly disastrous. There were visitations also of less mortality 
in intervening and subsequent years. These afflictions created 
great alarm. Large numbers of persons left the city, so that 
in comparison with the number which remained the mortality 
was dreadful. The deaths by this malady between 1793 and 
1799 were over 12,000. The succession of disasters attendant 
upon this pestilence drew attention to the sanitary condition 
of the city and to the supj)Osed causes of the misfortune. Two 
influences were agreed upon as having something to do with 
the calamity. Dock Creek, which extended up into the heart 
of the city at that time, had become, by the buildings around 
it and drainage into it, offensive, and by unhealthy exhala- 
tions assisted the progress of disease. The water used by the 
inhabitants was derived from wells, and was believed to be 
jDolluted by drainage from the surrounding soil. Measures 
were taken to arch over the creek, and a street was laid out 
above the sewer. It was resolved that the supply of water 
should be taken from the Schuylkill Eiver. The construction 
of pumping- works at Chestnut street, on the banks of that 
stream, was commenced May 2, 1799, and the first water dis- 
tributed January 1, 1801. *- 



36 HISTORY. 

After the year 1800 the removal of the capital of the State of 
Pennsylvania to Lancaster and eventually to Harrisburg, and 
of the seat of the Federal government to Washington city, sub- 
tracted from Philadelphia the prominence which it had enjoyed 
from the time of the settlement of the province in the aff'airs 
of Pennsylvania, and from the time of the Congress of 1774 
-with few exceptions-as the capital of the nation. The 
city was no longer the theatre of great events. The interest 
of the inhabitants was taken up with municipal affairs and - 
the prosecution of business, and for some years the surface ot 
progress was unruffled by any striking incident 

Steamboats began to ply regularly upon the Delaware Eiver 
in the year 1808, when the Phcpnix, built by John Stevens 
at Hoboken, N. J., was brought around by sea, ^^^ e^gMeen 
years after the successful demonstrations of John Fitch had 
ceased, steam-navigation was resumed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ . 
During the war between the United States and Great 
Britain which commenced in 1812 the city of Philadelphia 
maintained its duty toward the cause of the country. The 
forts on the Delaware were strengthened and volunteer com- 
panies formed. In May, 1813, three companies, under Colonel 
Lewis Rush, marched from the city, and were stationed upon .he 
peninsula between the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays They 
remained for two months. There was an engagement m July 
between British war vessels and the gunboat flotilla, under 
command of Captains Angus and Sheed, in which the Ameri- 
cans behaved with spirit. In 1814, after the news of the 
capture of Bladensburg, the inhabitants of the city, by volun- 
tary work, threw up entrenchments near Gray's Ferry com- 
manding the road to Baltimore. An encampment was formed 
near Kennett Square, in Chester county, and twenty-one 
companies of volunteers from the city of Philadelphia, with 
four companies of city militiamen, were in service at that time 
in camps Bloomfield and Dupont. They remained until the 
end of November, being, with many other troops from the 
State embodied as the advance light brigade, under the 
command of Brigadier-General Thomas Cadwallader. - 



HISTOKY. 37 

The improvement of inland navigation by means of canals, 
which would give to large districts of the country facility of 
communication with the cities, was an early matter of consid- 
eration and interest, particularly with the inhabitants of 
Philadelphia. As early as 1791 a committee of the legisla- 
ture of Pennsylvania presented a comprehensive plan for a 
canal uniting the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Elvers, and 
another by which a passage could be secured from the Sus- 
quehanna to the Alleghany Eiver, and between the Susque- 
hanna and Lake Erie, with portage connections and other 
means to ensure transportation between Philadelphia and 
Pittsburg, together with the improvement of the navigation 
of several streams, such as the Delaware, Lehigh, Lackawanna 
and others. This matter was discussed for several years, but 
did not approach a satisfactory solution until 1824, when 
explorations were made of various canal routes, and in the 
next year several surveys were made and routes recommended. 
In time some of these works were completed under the 
authority and at the expense of the State of Pennsylvania. 
The Schuylkill navigation improvement was put into opera- 
tion in 1825. The Lehigh canal, which was commenced in 
1818, although not finished until 1838, was in use for bringing 
down coal many years before the latter period, and the 
Schuylkill navigation was equally valuable. Several canals 
in other States connected with waters belonging to Pennsyl- 
vania were promoted and assisted and built with Philadel- 
phia capital. Among these may be mentioned the Delaware 
and Chesapeake canal, extending through Delaware and 
Maryland, which opened a water-way between Philadelphia 
and Baltimore, the Delaware and Earitan canal of New Jer- 
sey, which facilitated communication between Philadelphia 
and New York, and many other similar works. > 

The first railroad communication with the city was ac- 
complished in the year 1832 by the building of a railroad to 
Germantown. Shortly after, the Columbia Eailroad, a portion 
of the State works in the line by railroad and canal to Pitts- 
burg, was finished. The railroad to Wilmington and Balti- 
4 



38 HISTORY. 

more, and the Camden and Amboy Railroad to New York, 
were in progress and opened in the course of that year or the 
year sncceeding. The Reading Railroad was opened on the 
10th of February, 1842, and soon became a dangerous rival 
to the Schuvlkill Navigation Company, which before that 
time had brought coal to the city. The Pennsylvania Rail- 
road was projected in 1845-46 and chartered April 13 of the 
latter year. The North Pennsylvania, Sunbury and Erie and 
other great lines of railway followed, and their effect was to 
largely increase the business of the city and promote its in- 
dustries. 

The first gas for illuminating purposes used in the city was 
manufactured in works belonging to Peale's Museum, the 
Chestnut Street Theatre and to the Masonic Hall several years 
before it was publicly introduced. Gas was first made for 
general consumption by a private company which was char- 
tered in 1835, with a capital of $125,000. The works were 
first put into operation on the 18th of February, 1836. The 
city soon bought out the stockholders. Other gas-works were 
authorized in the adjoining districts, but after consolidation 
the whole of them fell into the possession of the city of 
Philadelphia, with the single exception of the Northern 
Liberties and Kensington gas-works. * 

The Asiatic cholera, which swept over the United States m 
1832, made its appearance in Philadelphia on the 5th of July 
in that year. Preparations were made for it. Several hos- 
pitals were established. The last case was reported on the 
4th of October. During the interval there had been 2314 
cases and 935 deaths. The ratio of cases to population in the 
city proper was one in seventy, and deaths one in one hundred 
and seventv-two and a fraction. In some parts of the city 
the proportions were different, and in favor of the popu- 
lation. TT -4. J 

A spirit of riot and disorder which passed over the United 
States in 1834 reached Philadelphia in August of that year, 
and led to disturbance between whites and blacks on the 12th 
or 13th. Colored people were assaulted, their houses broken 



HISTORY. ^^ 



into a meeting-house torn down near the Wharton market, 
and' other outrages occurred. In the fall of the same year 
a very serious riot took place of a political character near the 
Moyamensing Hall, Ofeiuut'street, west of Ninth street, and 
a row of houses was burned. In July, 1835, there were 
attacks made upon the blacks, and houses were burned. 
In 1838 this feeling became strongly violent against the 
friends of the abolition of slavery. Pennsylvania Hall, 
a large building devoted to public discussion, situate at 
the south-west corner of Sixth and Haines streets, below 
Eace was dedicated by abolitionists May 14, 1838. It 
was attacked by a mob, set on fire and totally destroyed on 
the 17th. In 1840 there were riots at Kensington caused by 
the opposition of the people to the extension of a track of 
the Philadelphia and Trenton Eailroad along Front street. 
The rails were torn up and houses burned. In 1842 Smith's 
Beneficial Hall, in Lombard street between Seventh and 
Eighth, was burned by a mob excited against the blacks. 
The most terrible riots which the city had known occurred in 
the year 1844, partly from sectarian prejudices and partly 
from politics. A meeting of members of the Native American 
party, which was held upon the 6th day of May, 1844, at the 
comer of Master and Second streets, was attacked and dis- 
persed. The persons engaged in it rallied to a market-house 
near by upon Washington street, now called American street, 
north of Master. This meeting was soon attacked and fire- 
arms were used, and it was alleged that musketry was fired 
from adjoining buildings. The participants of the meeting 
armed themselves and resisted. Houses were broken into 
and set on fire. These events led to farther deplorable ex- 
cesses. The Eoman Catholic church of St. Michael near by, 
and a female seminary under the management of sisters of a 
religious order, were burned, and many buildings in the neigh- 
borhood were sacked and destroyed. In the evening the 
Eoman Catholic church of St. Augustine, in Fourth street 
below Vine, was also set on fire, with the parsonage-house 
adjoining. All the Catholic churches were in great danger, 



40 HISTORY. 

and many of them were guarded by citizens. During the 
disturbances a large number of persons were killed on both 
sides, principally in the fight between Americans and Irish 
on the first day. Troops were called out at the beginning, 
and were in service several days. On the 4th of July of the 
same year the Native Americans had a very large and showy 
procession, which marched through the streets without the 
slightest disturbance. A day or two afterward a discovery 
that muskets had been taken into the Catholic church of St. 
Philip de Neri, Queen street, Southwark, led to a renewal of 
the excitement. A company for the protection of the church 
had been formed among the members, and the arms were for 
their use. The military were brought into requisition, and 
trouble ensued between them and the people who were drawn 
to the neighborhood of the church. The church was broken 
into by the mob on Sunday, July 7, but it was protected 
by a committee of citizens of the district, and no particular 
damage was done. After the disturbance was quelled and 
there was a probability that there would be no further dif- 
ficulty, the troops came upon the ground in strong force. 
In clearing the streets of the crowd some diflaculties occurred 
between the soldiers and people. It was said that a soldier 
was struck with a brick, and the captain of the company which 
was clearing the streets ordered his men to fire. They fired 
two volleys into the crowd. Several persons were killed in- 
stantly, and others wounded. This occurrence caused intense 
excitement. The mob spirit, which had been quelled, arose 
again. The soldiers were attacked with cannon obtained in 
the neighborhood, and with musketry. They responded with 
artillery and musketry. The rioters had four pieces, which 
were worked by sailors and watermen. During the night of 
the 7th and the morning of the 8th of July the battle con- 
tinued. It was not renewed, however. Two soldiers were 
killed and several wounded. Of the citizens seven were killed 
and a large number wounded. This was the most bloody riot 
which ever occurred in Philadelphia, but it may be said to 
have been the last, as since that time no very serious violation 
of the peace has occurred. -. 



HISTORY. 



41 



On the lltli of March, 1789, the legislature of the State 
granted a new charter to the city of Philadelphia, the old one 
having been superseded by the events of the American revo- 
lution. The act was made applicable to the city as laid out 
by Penn, the general form of administration differing little 
from the old system. In the course of time suburbs outside 
of the city of Philadelphia adjoining were created Districts 
having separate municipal powers. Under this system grew 
up a heterogeneous aggregation of municipalities, independent 
of each other, frequently discordant in policy, by which the 
interests of the people of the city and county of Philadelphia, 
which were identical, were made by the course of legislation 
hostile to each other. This evil became so great that in 1854 
was passed what is generally called the Consolidation Act, by 
which the powers of the petty district governments were an- 
nulled and the boundaries of the old city of Philadelphia were 
so enlarged as to embrace the whole county, which was hence- 
forth to be governed by a select and common council, a 
mayor and department officers, upon the plan of a great 
municipality. • 

During the long period of over 190 years of progress, the citi- 
zens of Philadelphia have promoted numerous good works for 
the benefit and advantage of mankind. To assist these objects ^ 
churches were built and sustained ; hospitals for the relief of 
the sick founded ; asylums and houses for the friendless and 
helpless were instituted ; benevolent associations which sought 
to accomplish good by merciful and kind acts were estab- 
lished. Schools, academies and colleges were opened. Public 
works of importance and necessity were constructed at great 
expense. Streets and roads were opened, paved, lighted, and 
the houses upon them supplied with water and gas. Compre- 
hensive systems of drainage were adopted, public buildings 
were constructed and parks and enclosures thrown open to 
general use, and under a municipal government equal in most 
things to an understanding of the necessities of a large popu- 
lation, the course of improvement has been steady and un- 
broken.'- 



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42 



OFFICIAL COAT-OF-ARMS. 




3fAY0R'S OFFICE, 
Philadelphia, June 8, 187k. 

The acconrpanying Goat-of-Arnrs of the City of Philadelphia has 
heen engraved by Messrs. Collins & M ' Leester, from the original draw- 
ing submitted to Councils by Col. Frank M. Etting, and by them 

approved. 

I recognize it as the Official Goat-of-Arms of the City of Philadel- 
phia, being faithful in all its details. 

r . WM. S. STOKLEY, 

Mayor. 



GUIDE-BOOK TO PHILADELPHIA. 



CHAPTEE I. 

INTRODUCTORY. 



P 



iHILADELPHIA, the largest and most important city of the 
State of Pennsylvania, and the second city of the United 
States in population, is situated between two large rivers, the 
Delaware and the Schuylkill, at their junction, and nearly 
one hundred miles from the Atlantic Ocean, following the 
course of the Delaware Eiver and Bay. Its precise latitude 
is 39° 57^ north and longitude 75° 10^ west, being 136 miles 
north-east of Washington and eighty-seven miles south-west 
of New York. When the city was planned under authority 
of William Penn in 1682, it occupied a level plain, but the 
large additions since made are mostly located in a rolling 
country, and now it exceeds in extent not only any city of the 
Union, but also any city in Europe, not excepting London. 
As first planned the city was bounded by the two rivers and 
by Vine and Cedar streets. Its total territory now covers 
129ith square miles or 82,700 acres. Its entire length from 
north to south is about twenty-three miles, and its average 
width five and a half miles from east to west. Within this 
area there are about 750 miles of paved streets. Penn's 
original and admirable arrangement of the streets is still 
adhered to, those running from river to river being crossed 
by those running nearly north and south, the latter being 
designated in numerical order from the Delaware Eiver, as 
Front, Second, Third and so on, whilst those running east 
and west in the old city are generally named for trees, as 

43 



44 STREETS, AND NUMBERING HOUSES. 

Walnut, Chestnut, Spruce, Pine, etc. North and south of 
the old city the cross-streets are generally named after persons 
historical and otherwise. The city is divided north and 
south at Market street, those streets running south being 
designated South Second, South Third, etc., while those the 
other side are known as North Second, North Third, etc., etc. 
The houses are numbered by blocks extending from principal 
street to principal street, small intermediate streets being in- 
cluded in the blocks. Thus the houses upon the first block 
from Front to Second street upon any of the cross or dividing 
streets are numbered from 100 to 200, from Second to Third 
street the numbered buildings begin at 200, at Third street 
they commence at 300, and so on. With a little thought a 
stranger will soon find this plan most simple; for instance, 
510 Walnut street will be on the south side of Walnut street, 
between Fifth and Sixth streets, the odd numbers always be- 
ing on the north side of each street and the even numbers 
on the south side. No. 510 Market, Arch or any other 
street running east and west will always be between Fifth 
and Sixth on the south side. The streets running north and 
south are numbered on the same plan. Market street is the 
dividing line. North Front, North Second, North Third, or 
any other street running north and south is north of— or as 
we say in Philadelphia, above— Market street. South Front, 
South Second, or any other street running north and south, 
is south of or below Market street. One hundred numbers are 
allotted to each square. The odd numbers are on the east 
side of each street, the even numbers on the west. Thus, 
No. 20 North Front, No. 20 North Tenth, or No. 20 in any 
north street, is between Market and Arch streets. No. 120 
is between Arch and Race, etc. Every square commences on 
a new hundred numbers. The same arrangement obtains m 
the streets south of Market which run north and south. By 
this plan a stranger who has the number of a house to which 
he desires to go can by reference to his own position, consult- 
ing the city map and counting the squares between, tell very 
nearly how far he has to go. The intermediate streets are 



STREET NUMBERS. 



45 



numbered on the same plan ; for instance, Cherry street begins 
at Third street between Arch and Race streets and runs west. 
The houses on that street begin at No. 300. 

STREET NUMBERS. 
North and south, Market street being the dividing line. 



NOETH. 

Arch 

Race 

Vine — 



No. 
100 

;. 200 

300 

Callowhill 400 

Buttonwood 500 

Green 600 

Fairmount avenue 700 

Brown 800 

Poplar 900 

Girard avenue 1200 

Thompson 1300 

Master , 1400 

Jefferson 1500 

Oxford 1600 

Columbia avenue 1700 

Montgomery avenue 1800 

Berks 1900 

Norris 2000 

Diamond 2100 

Susquehanna 2200 

Dauphin 2300 

York 2400 

Cumberland 2500 

Huntingdon 2600 

Lehigh 2700 

Somerset 2800 

Cambria 2900 

Indiana 3000 

Clearfield... 3100 

Allegheny 3200 

Westmoreland 3300 

Ontario 3400 



Tioga 

Venango. 
Erie 



South. 

Chestnut 

Walnut 

Spruce 

Pine 

Lombard 

South 

Bainbridge 

Catharine 

Christian 

Carpenter 

Washington 

Federal 

Wharton 

Reed 

Dickinson 

Tasker 

Morris 

Moore — 

Mifflin 

McKean 

Snyder 

Jackson . 

Wolf 

Ritner 

Porter 

Shunk 

Oregon avenue. 

Johnson 

Bigler 

Pollock 

Packer 

Curtin 



No. 

100 

200 

300 

400 

500 

600 

700 

800 

900 

1000 

1100 

1200 

1300 

1400 

1500 

1600 

1700 

1800 

1900 

2000 

2100 

2200 

2300 

2400 

2500 

2600 

2700 

2800 

2900 

3000 

3100 

3200 



3500 Numbers on streets running east and 

WEST begin at west side of cross streets, 
thus: Front street, 100; Second street, 200; 
Broad street, UOO; Sixty-fifth street, 6500. 



3600 

3700 



46 POPULATION. 

Philadelphia now comprises all the territory formerly em- 
braced in the county of the same name, and is entitled to send 
to the national Congress five Representatives and to the State 
legislature eight Senators and twenty-eight Representatives. 
The water privileges of Philadelphia are superior to those of 
any other city, as ships of the largest size can come directly to 
the city docks. Located between two large rivers, with wide 
streets extending from one to the other, and fanned with cur- 
rents of fresh air, the healthfulness for which Philadelphia is 
so well known is thereby secured. The waters of both the 
Delaware and Schuylkill are fresh and abound in fish. The 
fame of the Delaware shad is world-wide and the business of 
shad-fishing forms quite an important industry during the 
spring months. 

POPULATION. 

According to the United States census of 1870, the popula- 
tion of Philadelphia amounted to 674,022 persons, of which 
490,308 were natives of the United States and 183,624 foreign 
born. During the ten years between 1860 and 1870, notwith- 
standing the great drain incurred through the loss of volun- 
teers for the war, it increased to the extent of 108,493 ; the pop- 
ulation (January 1, 1875), is estimated at 794,000. The births 
are on an average from 300 to 400 per week and the deaths 200 
to 300, the annual rate of mortality being 20^ per 1000 liv- 
ing persons. Philadelphia is known as the City of Homes, . 
and its citizens are on the average more comfortably lodged 
than in any other American city. The number of dwelling- 
houses as computed by the census of 1870 was 112,366, while 
New York had but 64,044 dwelling-houses and Brooklyn 
46,834, so that there were more dwelling-houses in Philadel- 
phia than in New York and Brooklyn together, the average 
number of persons to each house in Philadelphia being less 
than six, while in New York the average is 14.72 and in Brook- 
lyn 8.62. At the present time Philadelphia has not less than 
160,000 families and about 184,000 dwellings, and it leads all 



POPULATION. 



47 



American cities in social and home comforts. The buildings 
of all kinds are at least 150,000. 

There is a large population in the cities and towns within 
the immediate radius of Philadelphia which are more or less 
dejDendent upon that city, and should therefore be referred to. 
This population numbers something over one million, and, 
added to that of the city proper, would be equal to that of the 
State of Minnesota, with a much greater consumption of food. 
The increase in the population of the city and of the build- 
ings necessary for their accommodation is shown in the 
following table : 





City aijd Suburbs. : 


City and 


COUKTKY. 


Year. 


Dwelling- Population. 
Houses. ' 


Dwelling- 
Houses. 


Population. 


1683... 


80 


500 






1684... 
1700... 




2,500 






700 


4,500 






1744... 


1,500 


9,750 






1749... 


2,076 


12,500 






1753... 


2,300 


14,653 






1760... 


2,960 


18,756 






1777... 


5,395 


23,734 






1783... 


6,000 


37,000 






1790... 
1800... 
1805... 


6,651 

9,868 

13,461 


44 996 




54,391 


70'287 


i 


81,009 








1808... 


City proper. 


47,786 






1810... 


15,814 


96,660 


16,682 


111,210 


1820... 


15,662 


114,410 


20,565 


137,097 


1830... 


25,172 


167,811 


27,968 


188,961 


1840... 


38,704 


220,523 


53,078 


258,037 


1850... 


54,046 


360,305 


61,278 


408,762 


1860... 
1870... 
1875... 






89,979 
112,457 
134,000 


568,034 
674,022 
794,000 






Estimated. 





The census of 1777 was taken by order of Sir William 
Howe, when the British army was in possession of the city. 
At that time many Whigs and patriots were absent, and it is 
estimated that the population in the same year before the 
entry of the British was about 30,000. 

In 1854 the boundaries of the city were by the Consolida- 
tion Act extended over the whole of the county, so that the 



4g HEALTH GOVERNMENT. 

distinction between the city and the suburbs or adjoining in- 
corporated districts and the county was abolished. 

HEALTH— VITAL STATISTICS. 
The health of Philadelphia is pre-eminent, the mortality 
beins; 1 to every 1000 persons less than that of London, 2 to 
every 1000 less than Paris, and 7 to every 1000 less than New 
York This is due to the unbounded supply of fresh water 
and its universal use, as there are few houses even of the 
cheaper class that are not supplied with a bath-room with 
convenient arrangements for full supply of hot and cold 

water. . . 

In 1874 the total number of interments m the city was 
16 315 persons; of these, still-born and bodies brought from 
other localities were 1077, leaving the actual city death total 
15 238 According to the estimated population, July 1, 18/4, 
the deaths were equal to every 50.86 of the population, or 
equal to a death-rate per thousand of 19.66. The number of 
registered births in 1874 was 19,387, an increase over the 
former year of 685, or 3.53 per cent. Pro rata of births to 
population, 25.01 per 1000. The number of registered mar- 
riages was 6639 ; ratio of 8.55 in every 1000. 

According to the return of the English Eegistrar-General 
for 1872, the annual death-rate per 1000 living persons m the 
principal cities of the world was as follows : 



Madras 37.6 

Vienna 34.4 

Rome ^-•- 

Florence ^^-^ 

Turin 30.4 

New York 30.1 



Berlin ^H 

Bombay 27.6 

Brussels 26.5 

Paris 24.4 

London 22.7 

Philadelphia, 1874 19.66 



CITY GOVERNMENT. 
Philadelphia has a municipal government consisting of a 
Mayor and Eecorder, with a Select and Common Council. 
The Mayor is elected by the people for a term of three years. 
His power is supervisory over the city departments, control- 
ling over the police, and he has a right of veto or of approval 



GOVERNMENT — FOOD SUPPLY. 49 

of ordinances passed by City Councils. The Select Council is 
composed of thirty-one members, one from each ward, elected 
by the people for a term of three years. The Common Coun- 
cil is composed of members elected for a term of two years 
and representing one for each two thousand taxables. The 
management of the city is transacted under the control of 
Councils, the various departments, special trusts and commis- 
sioners. They comprise Receiver of Taxes, City Treasurer, City 
Controller, City Solicitor and City Commissioners, elected by 
the people for terms of two and three years. Special Boards, 
— the Guardians of the Poor, Inspectors of the County Prison, 
Board of Health, Board of Eevision of Taxes, Board of Pub- 
lic Education, Commissioners of Fairmount Park (appointed 
by the courts and Councils), Managers of the House of Cor- 
rection, Port Wardens, Board of Surveys, Department of 
Water, Department of Highways, Department of Markets and 
City Property, Department of Surveys, Trustees of the Gas- 
Works, Commissioners of the Fire Department, Department 
of Girard Estates, Trustees of City Ice-Boats, Superintendent 
of City Railroads, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund (ap- 
pointed by Councils), Department of Police (appointment by 
the Mayor), and the Public Buildings Commission and South 
Street Bridge ConuniBsion, originally established by appoint- 
ment of the State Legislature. 

SUPPLY OF FOOD. 
There are few cities in the world where so much attention 
is paid to the quality of food as in Philadelphia ; anything 
savoring of adulteration is at once discarded, and there is a 
very strict inspection of the degree of freshness of butter, 
eggs, fish, vegetables, etc., on the part of housekeepers. 
Through this care the diet of the poorer portion of the pop- 
ulation is better than in any other city, and beggars are seldom 
seen. The consumption of the city is on an average per week 
4500 beef" cattle, 15,000 sheep and 10,000 hogs, the beef 
and mutton being mostly supplied by the State of Texas, 
and the pork from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The 
5 D 



50 FOOD — WATER SUPPLY. 

best hogs in the country are sent to Philadelphia to be killed, 
and Philadelphia-cured hams and bacon are a specialty in 
the markets or at the seaboard. The supply of butter, eggs, 
milk and poultry from the neighboring counties is almost un- 
limited and very superior in quality. A large abattoir has 
been projected in Philadelphia to afford special facilities for 
the supply of beef, mutton and pork direct to the butchers, 
thus diminishing the number of slaughter-houses in the 
city. The price of beef varies by the carcass at from eight 
to twelve cents per pound, a large portion being sold to the 
packers at cost, the balance disposed of at a large profit. 
The average price per head at the drove-yards is $70 for 
beef, $25 for pork and $7 for sheep. There are about 2500 
butchers in the city to distribute this supply of food. The 
principal d6p6ts for the sale of cattle and sheep and lambs 
are at the Park drove-yards, Thirty-second street and Lan- 
caster avenue, the abattoir, the stock-yard, Forty-fourth 
street and Belmont avenue, and the new stock-yards at 
Paschalville, in the south-west portion of the city. The 
sales at the former amounted in 1873 to 156,998 head, with 
a total receipt of $778,865.82. The various railroads run- 
ning into Philadelphia from all directions ensure that the 
supply of food will always be equal to the demand, and for 
that reason alone its selection as the city of the International 
Exhibition was very proper. 

WATER SUPPLY. 

Philadelphia is a city of cleanliness, and its inhabitants are 
noted for their free use of water, with which they are abun- 
dantly supplied. The Water Department is under the control 
of the city ; it consists of the following officers : Chief En- 
gineer, Eegister, Chief Clerk, etc., with a large force of clerks, 
draughtsmen, engineers and laborers. The water-works are 
divided into the following sections : The Fairmount, Schuyl- 
kill, Delaware, Belmont, Eoxborough and Chestnut Hill. 

The Fairmount Works are beautifully located on the 
Schuylkill River at the lower end of the East Park; the 



WATER-WOKKS. 51 

buildings are well constructed, and the enormous engines used 
in forcing the water from the river to the distributing reservoir 
on the summit of the hill facing the buildings are well worthy 
a visit. The machinery and engines are kept in a spotless 
condition, and the works can be examined by the daintiest 
lady without fear of soil or stain. Situated on the east side 
of the river, and above the new bridge, the Fairmount Water- 
Works are easily accessible either by the passenger railways 
of the Green and Coates streets, Eace and Vine, Arch street, 
Callowhill street and Union (Spring Garden street) lines, the 
latter running north on Ninth street and upon Spring Garden 
and Brown streets. All of these run direct to Fairmount. 
These works hav(^ long been considered as a model for other 
cities. The reservoir is divided into four basins, having in the 
aggregate a capacity of 26,896,636 gallons. During the year 
1874 there were 7,582,023,422 gallons supplied from the Fair- 
mount works ; this is nearly four times the quantity of 1854. 
Of all the water distributed in 1874, the daily average being 
42,111,730 gallons, these works furnished nearly 50 per cent., 
an average of 21,504,736, or one-half of the whole supply. 

Fairmount Works are run with seven turbine and one 
breast-wheel, with a Worthington steam-pump, for use when 
the water-wheels cannot be run in consequence of low water 
in the river. 

The first water-works of the city embraced piimping-engines at 
Chestnut street, Schuylkill, and a distributing reservoir in a large 
circular tower erected at Centre Square, at the intersection of 
Broad and Market streets, commenced May 2, 1799. Water was first 
passed out for distribution on the 1st of January, 1801. In the 
course of a few years more extensive means of supply were needed. 
On the 19th of April, 1819, work was commenced for the erection of 
a dam across the Schuylkill at Fairmount, Wheel-houses were 
built and reservoirs prepared. Three water-wheels were set in 
motion December 25, 1822, and the work was then considered fin- 
ished. The first vv^ater passed out from the reservoir on the 1st of 
July succeeding. Fairmount Water- Works originally embraced a 
limited space, including Fairmount Hill and the ground imme- 
diately adjoining, bounded east by the street now called Twenty- 
fourth street, west by the Schuylkill River, south by Callowhill 



52 WATER- WORKS. 

street and north by Coates street, the latter now being embraced 
within the boundaries of the Park. Subsequently, the city purchased 
Lemon Hill, north of the works, embracing the ground west of the 
Reading Railroad and extending along the Schuylkill, a point at 
some distance south of Girard avenue bridge. The history of the 
Park will give particulars of further extensions of the property. 
The Fairmount works supply the reservoirs at Fairmount and a 
reservoir situate between Corinthian avenue and Twenty-second 
and Parrish and Poplar streets. 

The Schuylkill Water- Works are located on the river at the 
foot of Thompson street, supplying the Eleventh, Twelfth, 
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards of the city. 
They are brick buildings, originally constructed in the Egypt- 
ian style and conspicuous in their high chimney-stack, which 
looks like a great Egyptian pillar. During the year 1874 
these works furnished a supply of 1,536,505,220 gallons, or a 
daily average of 5,226,008 gallons. 

The Schuylkill works are run by steam-power, with Cornish 
side-lever and compound engines. 

The works now known as the Schuylkill works were originally 
erected by the commissioners of the districts of Spring Garden and 
Northern Liberties, independent municipal corpoi-ations before the 
passage of the Consolidation Act of 1854. These districts obtained 
their water by pipes connected with the Fairmount works for many 
years. The rates of water-rents by which the city supplied the 
districts were higher than those charged to the inhabitants of the 
city. This discrimination was a source of discontent. The com- 
missioners of Spring Garden and Northern Liberties applied to the 
State legislature for redress, and on the 18th of October, 1843, an 
act was passed conferring authority upon the commissioners of 
Spring Garden and Northern Liberties to erect independent water- 
works'^ for the supply of their own inhabitants, unless the city would, 
within three months, reduce the water-rents in accordance with city 
rates. City Councils refused to make the reduction. The districts 
therefore united and built their water-works on the Schuylkill, at the 
foot of Thompson street. The reservoir was built upon Thompson 
and Master streets, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty -seventh streets, 
and opened for use in December, 1844. 

The Delaware Water-Works are situated on the river Dela- 
ware, at the foot of Wood street, on the south bank of Gun- 



WATER-WORKS. 53 

ner's Eun, in the Eighteenth ward. They supply the Six- 
teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth 
wards ; in 1874 these works furnished 1,568,518,765 gallons, or 
a daily average of 4,960,709 gallons. 

The Delaware works are run by steam-power, a Worthing- 
ton beam and horizontal engine. ^ 

The Delaware Water-Works were built by the commissioners of 
the district of Kensington for their special supply. Previously the 
district had been supplied by the city, and after the construc- 
tion of the Spring Garden works by Spring Garden and Northern 
Liberties. In 1848 the legislature gave to Kensington authority to 
construct separate works, and pump the water from the Delaware 
River. The works were in operation in 1850. The agreement with 
the adjoining districts was abrogated June 23, 1851. Tlie reservoir 
is between Lehigh avenue and Somerset street and Sixth and Seventh 
streets. 

The Belmont Water- Works are plain but appropriate brick 
buildings, on the west side of the Schuylkill, below the Bead- 
ing Railroad Belmont bridge; furnished, in 1874, 2,969,227,504 
gallons, a daily average of 5,226,008 gallons. With the pres- 
ent pumping-power, there is a capacity of 18,000,000 gallons 
per day of twenty-four hours. 

The Belmont works are run by steam-power, three Worth - 
ington engines. 

The Belmont works replace the West Philadelphia Water- Works, 
which were located on the west bank of the Schuylkill, opposite 
Lemon Hill, the site being at present within the boundary of the 
Zoological Garden. The construction of West Philadelphia works 
was authorized by act of May 1, 1852, and they were in operation by 
the eud of 1853. The stand-pipe south-west of these works, still a 
conspicuous object, being south of Zoological Garden, was finished 
October 1, 1853. The Twenty-fourth ward works were abandoned 
in October, 1870, at which time the Belmont works were started. 
The Belmont reservoir is at George's Hill, Fairmount Park. It is 
also to be connected with the reservoir in East Fairmount Park. 

The Roxborough Water- Works are on the east bank of the 
river Schuylkill above Manayunk, on the line of the Philadel- 
])hia and Norristown Bailroad. The reservoir is at the inter- 



54 WATER- WOEKS — FOUNTAINS. 

section of Ann and Isabella streets, west of Greentree lane. 
There is also a reservoir at Mount Airy. These works sup- 
plied, in 1874, 720,165,810 gallons, a daily average of 2,281,287 
gallons. 

The Roxborough works were finished December 21, 1870, at 
which time pumping was commenced. The works are run by 
steam-power, one Cornish and one Worthington engine. The 
Germantown and Chestnut Hill works, originally constructed by a 
private corporation, were connected with Eoxborough, in conse- 
quence of which the Chestnut Hill and Germantown works were 
abandoned as pumping-stations, September 30, 1872. The Eoxbor- 
ough works send their water to Chestnut Hill and Germantown in 
two great mains, which cross the Wissahickon in Fairmount Park. 
The aqueduct is far above the Park roadway, and is a peculiar 
and graceful structure usually called the " Pipe-bridge." 

The total amount of water furnished in the various works 
in 1874 was as follows : 

Fairmount ... 7,582,023,422 gallons. Daily average, 21,504,376 



Delaware 1,558,518,765 

Schuylkill.... 1,636,505,220 

Belmont 2,969,227,504 

Roxborough.. 720,165,810 

Total 14,533,425.097 



4,960,709 
5,226;008 
8,138,990 
2,281,287 
42,111,730 



The total amount of water-pipe laid in the city up to the 
beginning of the year 1875 was 628 miles. The united water- 
works of the city furnished, in 1874, with water 118,414 
dwelling-houses, in which there were 48,610 bath-rooms sup- 
plied with hot and cold water and shower-baths, etc., a greater 
number of such accommodations than can be found in any 
other city in the world. 

PUBLIC DRINKING-FOUNTAINS. 
A proper regard for the health of the city and comfort of 
its citizens has led to the establishment of public drinking- 
fountains in many sections of the city. This has been done 
through the active agency of the Philadelphia Fountain 
Society, under whose auspices have been erected sixty-one 
fountains, many of them specimens of artistic taste; in addi- 



FOUNTAINS — DK AINAGE — FIRES . 



55 



tion, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
have erected seven fountains. Some of these have been built 
at the cost of private individuals, and are conspicuous orna- 
ments to the city. The constant use made of these fountains 
by both man and beast is sufficient evidence of their appre- 
ciation. They are kept in perfect order by a fand appropriated 

for the purpose. 

DRAINAGE. 

Philadelphia is admirably situated for effective drainage, 

having a large and rapid stream on each side of the city. 

The streets, running at right angles, present every facility for 

rapidly carrying off any surplus of water. The present system 

of sewage is conveyed in 136 miles of culverts, dimensions as 

follows : 

Sewers 3 feet in diaraeter, or less, about 100 miles. 
ii 4 u " " " 13 " 

u 5 u " " " 3^ " 

u Q a n '< " 5 " 

a y a <' " " 1^ " 

i( Q u a a " X " 

u g ct u (I " 3 « 

a XO " " " " 3 " 

(( -,-, II u u II X " 

"12 " " and more, " 4i " 

Total, " 135i " 
Total to January 1, 1876, say " 1361 " 

FIRES. 
Philadelphia has been remarkably free from extraordinarily 
destructive fires for many years. This is due in a great meas- 
ure to the use of brick and stone as building material and the 
admirable management of the Fire Department, under the 
control of a chief and five assistants, with a total force of 389 
men and 123 horses, which are held always in readiness to 
attend to the first note of alarm. The steam fire-engines are 
kept ready to be fired up at a moment and horses are ready to 
harness, so that in the shortest possible time they can be on their 
way to the scene of action. There are in all thirty-two com- 
panies, which, in January, 1875, were accommodated at thir- 
teen fire-stations. They had in their possession twenty-seven 



56 FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE. 

steam fire-engines, five special steam fire-engines, four hand 
fire-engines and hose-carriages, five hook-and-ladder tracks, 
six fuel-wagons, and 49,000 feet of rubber and linen hose. 
Through the efficient agency of the Police and Fire Alarm 
Telegraph and the active efibrts of the firemen, the report 
of the department indicates a falling off in losses for one 
year of $183,792. The total number of fires in 1874 was 
592, with an estimated loss of $754,688, covered by insurances 
of $4,184,772. 

The number of fire-plugs in the city January 1, 1875, was 
5119. The number of fire-alarm telegraph signal-boxes at 
the same time was 200. 

POLICE. 

This department, as at present organized, is controlled by 
the Mayor as executive, a Chief of Police, a Fire Marshal, 
four captains, twenty-seven lieutenants, fifty sergeants, eight 
detectives, twenty-five turnkeys and 1200 patrolmen. This 
force is assigned to a Central Station and twenty-four Police 
Districts. The Central Station is located at the City Hall, S. 
W. corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. In case of riot the 
entire force can be collected with great celerity by the use of 
the police-telegraph and the city railroads. Strangers desir- 
ing information will find the police of Philadelphia uniformly 
courteous and obliging. Their uniform is dark-blue, with 
gilt buttons, and during the day they may be found stationed 
in the principal streets at short distances apart. In each dis- 
trict there is a Police Magistrate, before whom cases can be 
brought for immediate settlement, or application can be made 
directly to the Mayor's office in the City Hall. There is an addi- 
tional force known as the Eiver and Harbor Police, having 
control of the water-fronts of the city. This force is composed 
of a lieutenant and twenty-four men, with the aid of two steam 
tugboats. By the use of the police-telegraph during the 
year 1873, 807 missing adults were returned to their friends, 
2363 lost children found, 360 lost or stolen vehicles returned, 
and 363 fires reported ; total number of messages reported, 



POLICE — STATION-HOUSES. ^7 

112,138. There is a special-police guard in charge of Fair- 
mount Park, under the control of the Park Commission. 
This body of men are uniformed in gray, and are recognized 
as thoroughly serviceable and trustworthy. 

The head-quarters of the city police is at City Hall or Cen- 
tral Station, S. W. corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. The 
general police establishment and offices are as follows : 

Chief of Police, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 

Detective Department, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 

Fire Marshal, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 

Reserve Corps, Fifth and Chestnut streets. 

Captains of Police, First District, at station-house of Ninth 
District, Lombard street between Seventh and Eighth streets. 

Second District, at station-house of Eighth District, But- 
tonwood street between Tenth and Eleventh streets.^ 

Third District, at station-house of Tenth District, N. E. 
corner of Front and Master streets. 

Fourth District, at station-house of Twenty-second District, 
corner of Lehigh and Park avenues. 

District Station-Houses, under Charge of Lieutenants 

of Police. 

1. Fitzwater street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth 

streets. 

2. Second street, between Queen and Christian streets (old 

Southwark Hall). 

3. Union street, between Third and Fourth streets. 

4. Fifth street, between Eace and Vine streets. 

5. Fifteenth street, between Walnut and Locust streets. 

6. Eleventh street, between Eace and Vine streets. 

7. St. John street, between Buttonwood and Green streets. 

8. Buttonwood street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets. 

9. N. W. corner of Twenty-third and Brown streets. 

10. N. W. corner of Front and Master streets (old Kensing- 

ton Hall). 

11. Girard avenue, above Otis street. 

12. N. E. corner of Tenth and Thompson streets. 



58 STATION-HOUSES — MAGISTRATES. 

13. Main street, Manayunk. 

14. Germantown Hall, Germantown. 

15. Main and Euan streets, Frankford. 

16. S. W. corner of Lancaster pike and Thirty-ninth, street. 

17. Taylor street, below Passyunk road. 

18. Trenton avenue and Dauphin street. 

19. Lombard street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. 

20. Filbert street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. 

21. Darby road and Thirty-eighth street. 

22. Lehigh avenue and Park avenue. 

23. Jefferson street, between Twentieth and Twenty-first 

streets. 

24. Belgrade and Clearfield streets. 
Delaware Harbor, Front and Noble streets. 
Schuylkill Harbor, Sansom street wharf, Schuylkill. 

Powers of commitment upon criminal charges are granted 
to the Eecorder of the city and magistrates and aldermen. 
The police station-houses are attended daily at an early 
morning hour by magistrates to hear such cases as have 
arisen by reason of arrests, etc., during the night. The mag- 
istrates have power to bind over to keep the peace, to answer 
at the criminal court with or without bail, according to the 
nature of the alleged offence. 

The offices of committing magistrates are as follows : 

Eecorder of the city, opposite Independence Hall, Chestnut 
street between Fifth and Sixth streets, north side. 

Central Station, City Hall, Mayor's office, S. W. corner 
Fifth and Chestnut streets. 

MAGISTRATES' COURTS. 
No. 1. Jesse S. Bonsall, 1351 Passyunk avenue. 

2. Wm. B. Collins, 1936 Christian street. 

3. Andrew Alexander, Sr., 634 Washington avenue. 

4. T. Sprole Leisenring, 704 S. Fourth street. 

5. Wm. H. List, 144 S. Sixth street. 

6. Hugh Franklin Kennedy, 521 Chestnut street. 

7. Jobn McClintock, 1436 Lombard street. 



MAGISTRATES — GAS-LIGHTING. 



59 



No. 8. Eobert E. Smith, 114 S. Seventh street. 
9. Wm. A. Thorp, 1342 Arch street. 

10. John F. Pole, 118 N. Seventh street. 

11. Wilson Kerr, 538 N. Third street. 

12. Ezra Lukens, 835 Callowhill street. 

13. Charles E. Pancoast, 1907 Callowhill street. 

14. John Devlin, 1351 N. Second street. 

15. Luke V. Sutphin, 419 E. Girard avenue. 

16. Stuart Field, 2052 N. Fifth street. 

17. Henry Smith, S. W. corner Otis street and Frankford 

avenue. 

18. Benton O. Severn, 1017 Oxford street. 

19. David Hanley Stone, 1836 Eidge avenue. 

20. Alfred Snyder, 4415 Main street, Manayunk. 

21. Thaddeus Stearne, 4833 Frankford avenue. 

22. Geo. E. Krickbaum, N. W. corner Germantown and 

Chelten avenues. 

23. Thomas H. Clarke, 4091 Lancaster avenue. 

24. Thomas Eandall, 2920 Market street. 

Criminal cases are tried and disposed of by the courts of 
Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, which are presided 
over by judges of the four courts of Common Pleas, serving 
in rotation. The courts are held in Quarter Sessions court 
building, east side of Sixth street, adjoining the old court- 
house building, which fronts on Chestnut street, and occa- 
sionally in the old Quarter Sessions court-room, in that 
building, south room, first floor, with entrance from Independ- 
ence Square. 

GAS-LIGHTING. 

Philadelphia is a well-lighted city, and the smallest houses 
are supplied with gas. The quantity manufactured by the 
city works during the year 1874 was 1,766,268,000 cubic feet, 
an"increase over the year 1873 of 117,681,000 cubic feet. The 
largest consumption in any twenty-four hours was on the 
night of the 24th of December, 1874, amounting to 7,826,000 
cubic feet, being an increase over the largest consumption of 



60 GAS-WORKS. 

previous year of 787,000 cubic feet. The Northern Liberties 
Gas-Works made, in 1874, 79,019,800 cubic feet. Total gas 
manufacture, 1,845,287,800 cubic feet. The street mains laid 
during the year 1874 by the city works were 36,262 feet, 
making, with the Northern Liberties Gas Company's mains 
(97,717 feet), the entire length of main gas-pipes 6302- miles. 
The whole number of public lamps is 9905, of which 468 are 
supplied by Northern Liberties Gas-Works, and the average 
illuminating power 16.38 candles. The total number of con- 
sumers from the city works is 81,712 ; Northern Liberties 
works, 4703 ; total, 86,415 ; of private lights, city, 1,124,205 ; 
Northern Liberties, 22,465 ; total, 1,146,670, and of public 
lights, 9905. 

The manufacturing gas-works are the City, Point Breeze 
and Spring Garden and Frankford, on Second street, all of 
which are owned by the city corporation, and the Northern 
Liberties Gas-Works, owned by a private corporation. 

The Ninth Ward or City works are upon the north side of 
Market street, extending from Twenty-second street to the 
Schuylkill Eiver, immediately adjoining the Market street 
bridge. They comprise retort-houses, purifying-houses, meter- 
rooms, lime-kilns, coal-sheds and gas-holders, which latter are 
of the largest size. 

The first gas for illuminating purposes made in the United States 
was manufactured by Michael Ambroise & Co., Italian fire-workers 
and artists, who gave exhibitions of figures of temples, Masonic de- 
vices, etc., at their ami^hitheatre, Arch street between Eighth and 
Ninth streets. These pieces, they said, were produced by " inflam- 
mable air with the assistance of light." They were exhibited in 
August, 1796. In 1803 one J. C. Henfrey proposed to illuminate 
the city by gas-lights burned in high towers, but City Councils gave 
him no encouragement. In 1815 Councils were petitioned by James 
McMurtrieto introduce gas-lighting, but no definite action was taken. 
Shortly afterward, in 1817, Dr. Charles Kugler succeeded in manu- 
facturing illuminating gas, which was first introduced to public 
attention by its use at the Philadelphia Museum, then exhibiting at 
the State-house or Independence Hall, where it was lighted on gala- 
days and on one or two evenings of a week. The second Masonic 
Hall, on Chestnut street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, rebuilt 



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in 1820, had gas-works connected with it in which the carburetted 
hydrogen gas nsed was prepared from tar. For many years this hall 
and the Gas-light tavern on Second street, near Walnut street, wei;e 
the only buildings in the city in which gas was used. On the 12th 
of March, 1835, the Philadelphia Gas Company was authorized by 
ordinance of Councils. It had a capital stock of $125,000. The 
city reserved a right to purchase the works from the shareholders at 
any time. The works on Market street were first put in operation on 
the 8th of February, 1836. Only two stores were prepared to burn it, 
and the whole number of applications at that time were for nineteen 
private and fortv-six public burners. July 1, 1841, the city bought 
out the stockholders for $173,000, and took possession of the works by 
the intervention of a board of trustees. The City works have been 
increased in capacity frequently since that time, and are very 
complete. 

The Twenty-sixth Ward or Point Breeze works are situate 
upon the east bank of the Schuylkill Elver, being intersected 
by Passyunk road. These works are much more extensive 
than those at Market street, and are believed to be the largest 
gas-works in the world. The property originally was twenty 
acres in extent, but additions have been made to it in order 
to accommodate the public. These works were first put in 
operation on the 13th of December, 1854. They are connected 
directly with the Market street works. The great telescopic 
gas-holder here is of 160 feet diameter and 95 feet high. 

The Fifteenth Ward or Spring Garden works are situate on 
Callowhill street, opposite the intersection of Twenty-fifth 
street, with a front on the Schuylkill Eiver. These works were 
erected by authority of an ordinance of the commissioners of 
Spring Garden for the supply of houses in the district, passed 
September 7, 1846. The works were so far completed as to be 
able to supply gas near the end of the succeeding year. They 
were considered finished in the spring of 1851, and went into 
full operation April 1 of that year. 

The Twenty -first Ward or Frankford works are near Frank- 
ford village, and supply light in that section of the city. 

The Northern Liberties Gas-Works are situate on Laurel 
street, near Frankford road, at the intersection of Gunner's 
Run. They were established by authority of an ordinance 
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62 GAS-WORKS. 

passed by the commissioners of the district of the Northern 
Liberties, March 15, 1838. On April 1, 1844, the stockhold- 
ers were incorporated as ''The Northern Liberties Gas Com- 
pany," with a capital stock of $200,000. This company still 
conducts the gas manufacture and supplies portions of the 
old district of Northern Liberties and part of Kensington. 



CHAPTEE II. 

HOTELS.— BOARDING- AND LODGING-HOUSES.— 
BEST A URANTS. 

PHILADELPHIA is called the " City of Homes," and the 
hospitality of its citizens has rendered it unnecessary that 
there should be more than the present extensive hotel accom- 
modation, a majority of its visitors being received by their 
friends in private houses. Such hotels as now exist and are 
being erected will be found sufficient to meet the needs of 
strangers, a large number of them being specially adapted 
for the rural population of the vicinity. The first and best 
hotel in the city at this time is the well-known — 

Continental Hotel, located in the business part of the city, 
on the south-east corner of Chestnut and Ninth streets, and 
of easy access by street railway from all of the railroad sta- 
tions. This building is six stories in height on the two streets 
referred to, and eight stories in the rear, on Sansom street, 
and covers 41,536 feet of ground. The principal story is sus- 
tained by richly ornamented cast-iron piers; the first floor, 
level with the street, which is used by the hotel, occupies 
24,620 feet of the whole area. 

The total number of rooms in the Continental is 700, with 
accommodations for 1000 guests. Arrangements are now 
contemplated for such an extension of the premises as will 
admit of lodging 1200 persons. The charges of the Conti- 
nental are $4.50 per day, including lodging and four meals per 
day, if desired. 

The Continental Hotel occupies the site of two famous buildings 
in the memory of citizens of the last generation. The Philadelphia 
Museum, which occupied the southern portion of the lot on Sansom 

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street, was erected by a company for the purpose of holding the great 
assortment of natural curiosities collected by Charles Wilson Peale 
and his sons during the American Eevolution and subsequently. 
The first story of the museum building contained the Chinese collec- 
tion of Nathan Dunn. The museum building, afterward generally 
known as the Chinese Museum, was built in 1838. In time both 
museums failed to be profitable as exhibitions, and the collections 
were sold. The Chinese Museum then, by reason of its great size, 
became a favorite place for town-meetings, concerts, balls, lectures 
and exhibitions. Zachary Taylor was nominated for the presidency 
there by the national Whig convention of 1848. North of the 
museum, upon the Chestnut street front, Cooke, an English eques- 
trian, erected a circus, which was opened to the public Aug. 28, 
1837.' The building subsequently became the National Theatre, under 
management of William E. Burton, the eminent comedian; Welch 
and Lent and Raymond and Waring occupied it for some years as 
an amphitheatre. The museum and circus were both destroyed, 
with much adjoining property, by fire July 5, 1854. About 1858 
the lot was secured by the Continental Hotel Company, and the hotel 
opened for the reception of guests February 16, 1860. 

The Girard House is situated directly opposite the Conti- 
nental, on the north side of Chestnut street. This hotel has 
been completely fitted up and refurnished in tlie most ap- 
proved style. It is now being largely extended, with the view 
of accommodating not less than 1000 guests. The charges 
per day at this hotel are $3.50 ; it possesses all the conveniences 
of a first-class hotel and every facility for travellers from the 
various railroad stations. 

The Girard House occupies the site of the Fisher and Leaming 
mansion. It was built in 1850-52, and opened in the latter year. To 
the enterprise of Geo. W. Edwards and J. G. Edwards, who believed 
that at the time the hotel accommodations of the city were inadequate 
for the public necessities, the erection of the Girard House is to be 
attributed. The architect was John McArthur, Jr., who also was 
architect of the Continental and La Pierre House. 

The La Pierre House is located on Broad street, near Chest- 
nut street, in the immediate vicinity of the Academy of 
Music, the Union League Club and Public Buildings, and on 
one of the finest avenues in Philadelphia. This hotel is 
specially adapted for families, the present number of rooms 



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being 160, with accommodations for 250 persons ; it is proposed 
to enlarge it to double its present capacity ; charges, $3.50 
per day. 

Geo. W. and J. G. Edwards built the La Pierre House, and the 
work was going on at the same time that the Girard House was 
being built under their direction. The hotel was opened for guests 
in October, 1853. 

The Colonnade Hotel, S, W. corner of Chestnut and Fif- 
teenth streets, is easily reached by the street railways from 
all the stations ; it has every accommodation for guests, and at 
present has 200 rooms, with contemplated arrangements for 
large additions ; terms, $3.50 per day. 

The Irving House, a well-known family hotel on Walnut 
street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, with 103 rooms and 
accommodations for 175 guests; terms, from $3 to $5 per 
day, according to rooms. 

Guy's Hotel, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets, is 
managed on the European plan, guests being furnished with 
rooms at from $1 to $3 per day, and meals served a la carM 
in the restaurant attached to the hotel. 

The St Cloud Hotel is located on Arch street above 
Seventh street, convenient to the various railroads, and is 
specially frequented by merchants and business men ; it has 
accommodations for 450 persons, with 300 rooms ; charge per 
day, $3. 

The Bingham House is on Market street, corner of Eleventh 
street, with 300 rooms and accommodations for 500 guests ; 
charges, $3 per day. 

The Merchants' Hotel is located on North Fourth street, in 
the business section of the city, with 204 rooms ; can accom- 
modate 600 guests. Large additions are to be made the com- 
ing year. Charges per day, $3. 

This hotel was built by a company of mercantile men in business 
in the immediate neighborhood, and especially for the accommoda- 
tion of merchants. It was the finest and largest hotel in the city 
when it was opened, in the year 1837. 

The American Hotel, Chestnut street between Fifth and 
Sixth streets, is largely frequented by merchants and business 
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66 HOTELS, ETC. 

men. It is eligibly located in the immediate vicinity of 
Independence Hall; accommodations for 600 guests; terms, 

$3 per day. 

St. Stephen's Hotel, Chestnut street between Tenth and 
Eleventh streets, has been recently refitted and newly for- 
nished ; can accommodate 300 guests ; terms, $3 per day. 

Washington House, 709 Chestnut street, a plain, comfort- 
able and convenient hotel, can accommodate 350 guests. 

The Grand Central, Market street, opposite Pennsylvania 
Eailroad dep6t, near Thirty-second street. Building of mar- 
ble; has accommodations for 700 guests. 

ALPHABETICAL. INDEX TO HOTELS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

Alleghany House, 812 Market street. 

Allen's, 1220 Market street. 

American, 517 Chestnut street. 

Arch Street House, 1 Arch street. 

Bald Eagle, 414 North Third street. 

Barley Sheaf, 257 North Third street. 

Beitler's, 1619 Market street. 

Bingham House, corner of Market and Eleventh streets. 

Bird's, corner of Broad and Callowhill streets. 

Black Bear, 425 North Third street. 

Black Horse, 252 North Second street. 

Brady, 242 North Eighth street. 

Brennan, 728 Filbert street. 

Bucks County, 1917 Market street. 

Bull's Head, 1035 Market street. 

Bull's Head, 926 North Front street. 

Bull's Head, 3734 Market street. 

Central, 623 Arch street. 

Central Avenue, 831 Market street. 

Chestnut Hill, Main street, near Hartwell avenue, Chestnut 

Hill. 

Clarendon, 115 South Eighth street. 

Clinton, 1608 Eidge avenue. 

Colonnade, Chestnut street, corner of Fifteenth street. 



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Columbia^ 216 North Second street. 

Columbia, 111 North Broad street. 

Commercial, 826 Market street. 

Continental, Chestnut street, corner of Ninth street. 

Davis', 6 South Delaware avenue. 

Diamond Street, Diamond between Sixteenth and Seven- 
teenth streets. 

Eagle, Main street and Highland avenue, Chestnut Hill. 

Eagle, 227 North Third street. 

Edwards', S. W. corner of Broad and Walnut streets. 

European, 315 Arch street. 

Farmers and Mechanics', 1808 Eidge avenue. 

Germania, 2330 Market street. 

Given's, 1220 Market street. 

Girard, Ninth and Chestnut streets. 

Globe, Elm and Belmont avenues. 

Golden Fleece, 310 Cherry street. 

Grand Central, Market and Thirty-second streets. 
' Grand Union, Eleventh and Somerset streets. 

Great Western, 1311 Market street. 

Guy's, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. 
, Hay-Market, 1601 North Seventh street. 

Hotel Aubry, Walnut and Thirty-third streets. 

Howard, 2101 Chestnut street. 

Howard, 703 Chestnut street. 

Irving, 917 Walnut street. 

Johnson's, 1115 Market street. 

Lancaster Pike, 4412 Lancaster avenue. 

La Pierre, Broad and Chestnut streets. 

Lincoln, corner of Fourth and Wood streets. 

Mansion, 619 Arch street. 

Manufacturers', 310 Cherry street. 

Markoe, 919 Chestnut street. 

Mercantile, 23 South Tenth street. 

Merchants', 42 North Fourth street. 

Merchants' House, 415 North Third street. 

Montgomery, corner of Sixth and Willow streets. 



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Mount Vernon, 119 North Second street. 
National, 1710 Market street. 
New Market, 1619 Market street. 
New York House, 9 Walnut street. 

Penn Manor, corner of Eighth and Spring Garden streets. 
^ Pennsylvania, 417 South Second street. 

Pennsylvania Farmer, 345 North Third street. 
Petry, N. W. corner of Broad and Walnut streets. 
Randolph, Spring Garden street, above Twenty-second. 
Randolph (Farmers'), 342 North Third street. 
Reading Railroad House, corner of Ninth and Spring 
Garden streets. 

Red Lion, 472 North Second street. 
Ridge Avenue, Ridge avenue, below Girard avenue. 
Ridgeway, 1 Market street. 
Robin Hood, corner of Front and Otis streets. 
St. Charles, 54 North Third street. 
St. Cloud, 709 Arch street. 
St. Elmo, 319 Arch street. 
St. James, 310 Race street. 
St. Stephen's, 1018 Chestnut street. 
Springmann, Walnut street, above Seventh street. 
Smedley, 1227 Filbert street. 
Tiger, 321 Vine street. 
Transcontinental, Belmont avenue. 

United States, north-west corner of Forty-second and Co- 
lumbia avenue. 

Washington, 711 Chestnut street. 
Weik's, Belmont avenue and Eadline street. 
Walnut Street, Walnut and Thirty-third streets. 
White Bear, corner of Fifth and Race streets. 
White Horse, 316 North Third street. 
White Horse, 210 Pine street. 
William Penn, 831 Market street. 
Zeiss', 820 Walnut street. 

Boarding-Houses.— These may be found in every section ol 
the city, with prices, varying as to locality, from $5 to $15 per 



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week for a single person. The better class of boarding- 
houses are located on Broad, Walnut, upper part of Chestnut, 
Arch and Spruce streets. Board comprises breakfast with 
meats, dinner and tea. An examination of the daily journals 
of the city will be the best means to adopt for the purpose of 
securing a boarding-place, as many of them are regularly 
advertised. 

Lodgings may also be obtained in the same manner— by 
consulting advertisements— at very reasonable prices. The 
prices vary from $3 to $20 per week. Unfurnished apart- 
ments or flats are not common in Philadelphia, but may be 
obtained on application to some one of the numerous house- 
agents in the city. 

The Centennial Lodging-House Agency, limited, office, 1010 
Walnut street, has arranged with thousands of private house- 
keepers to take lodgers and supply them with meals. This 
company is under control of leading officers of all the great 
railroad companies. 

Restaurants. — There are many good restaurants, and meals 
are furnished at reasonable prices by the day, week or month, 
or a la carU, The oyster-houses of Philadelphia are a speci- 
alty, and in season the delicious bivalves may be had stewed, 
panned, fried, deviled or raw, served in perfection. 

The caterers of Philadelphia have become historic for their 
artist-like serving of wild game, terrapin, chicken-salad, reed- 
birds, chicken-croquettes and soft crabs. They will supply 
meals for those occupying furnished apartments, and are 
ready to supply dinner- and supper-parties of any size. In 
ice-creams, confectionery and fruit-ices this city has no 
superior, not even in Europe, and it is suggested to all 
strangers that they test the matter for their own gratification. 

CENTENNIAL HOTELS. 

The following have been specially constructed for use dur- 
ing the Centennial Exhibition. They are arranged with every 
convenience, and are very capacious : 

The Globe Hotel, Belmont avenue, near Elm avenue, has 



70 HOTELS RESTAURANTS. 

accommodations for over 1200 guests. Conducted on the 
European style. Charges per room $2 and upward. 

The Transcontinental Hotel, brick building, south-east 
corner of Belmont avenue and Elm avenue. To be kept on 
the same plan and terms as the Continental Hotel, by Mr. 
Kingsley, proprietor of the latter. 

Hotel Aubry. South side of Walnut from Thirty-third to 
Thirty-fourth street; has 300 rooms, and will accommodate 

450 guests. 

The United States Hotel, north-west corner of Forty-sec- 
ond street and Columbia avenue. Brick building, three stories 
high ; contains 300 rooms, and will accommodate 500 persons. 

The Diamond Street Hotel, Diamond between Sixteenth 
and Seventeenth streets ; has 240 rooms, and will accommo- 
date 350 persons. 

Weik's Hotel, corner of Belmont avenue and Eadline street. 
Wooden one-story building. 

The Grand Union Hotel, Eleventh and Somerset streets. 
Convenient to the junction of the connecting railroad to New 
York and the Reading Railroad. Has 850 rooms, and will 
accommodate 1300 persons. 

RESTAURANTS. 

Doyle's Club House. Belmont avenue. 

Tischner's. Belmont avenue, near Elm avenue. 

Aronheimer's. Elm avenue and Forty-first street. 

Within the Centennial grounds are six restaurants— Lau- 
ber's (German); Le Trois Fr^res Proven§aux, Goyard's 
(French); Southern, Mercer's; American, Tobias & Heil- 
brun's ; Sudreaux's and one other. Proskauer's well-known 
establishment at Belmont is also available. 



CHAPTEE III. 
3IARKETS. 

THE first markets were conducted, after the English fash- 
ion, in spaces on the wharves and in the middle of streets. 
Up to 1709 the principal market-place was in High or Market 
street, movable booths and stalls being erected. In 1709 the 
first permanent market-house was authorized, and it was built 
adjoining the court-house, in the middle of the High street 
and west of Second, standing upon open pillars and roofed. 
From time to time, other covered market-buildings Avere 
added until they extended from the Delaware landing to 
Eighth street in an unbroken line, which was taken up again 
at Schuylkill Eighth, now Fifteenth street, and carried to 
Schuylkill Sixth, now Seventeenth street. Other market- 
houses on the same plan were afterward built. In November 
and December, 1859, Market street was relieved of these build- 
ings, and they were gradually torn down. Other parts of the 
city were accommodated with market-houses of the same style, 
some of which still exist. The plan of large and separate build- 
ings for market-houses came into vogue about 1854, when large 
buildings were erected for that purpose, on the east side of 
Broad street below Eace street, now the City Armory, and on 
Eace street, S. W. corner of Janjper street, now head-quarters 
of the fire department. The Western Market, N. E. corner 
of Sixteenth and Market streets, was opened April 19, 1859. 
Since that period many spacious market-house buildings, per- 
fectly ventilated and arranged, large, solid and costly, have 
been erected in various parts of the city, which are generally 
owned by incorporated companies. 

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72 MARKETS. 

The principal corporation maTket-house buildings are as 
follows : 

Eastern, S. E. corner of Fifth and Merchant streets, below 
Market street; a very large brick building with stalls for 
meats, vegetables, farmers' produce, fresh oysters, etc. 

Farmers', north side of Market street, between Eleventh 
and Twelfth, extending to Filbert street ; a very large and 
imposing structure, erected by farmers of Philadelphia, Bucks, 
Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and other counties. This is 
the finest market structure in the city, and well worth a visit 
by strangers. 

Franklin, adjoining, at N. E. corner of Twelfth street, ex- 
tending to Filbert street. Originally this market was on the 
west side of Tenth street, below Market street. The building 
is now occupied by the Mercantile Library Company. The 
present building was erected about the time when the 
Farmers' Market was constructed. 

Central, north side of Market street, between Sixteenth and 
Seventeenth streets, extending in L shape through, on the 
northern side, to Seventeenth street. The company originally 
constructed the building on N. E. corner of Sixteenth and 
Market streets, now occupied as a freight dep8t by Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company. 

South -Western, S. E, corner of Nineteenth and Market 
streets ; a large brick building extending to Barker street. 

Farmers' Western, N. W. corner of Twenty-first and Market 
streets. 

Fairmount, a spacious building, S. W. corner of Twenty- 
second and Spring Garden streets, extending to Eeading 
Baikoad. 

Delaware Avenue, two buildings, extending from Delaware 
avenue to Front street, between Spruce and Dock streets. 
This is the great d6p5t for Jersey produce, oysters and fish. 

Union, west side of Second street, above Callowhill street. 

Lincoln, S. E. corner of Broad and Fairmount avenue; 
large and spacious, with a hall in second story for public 
meetings, concerts, etc. 



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South Eleventh Street, near Christian street. 

Farmers and Butchers', Christian street, near Eighth street. 

Germania, S. E. corner of Seventeenth and Poplar streets; 
with a large hall for public purposes in second story. 

Kater, south side of South street, between Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth streets. 

Centennial, Twenty-third and South streets. 

Callowhill Street, south side, extending from Sixteenth 
street to Seventeenth street. 

Kensington, Kensington avenue, near Fifth and Sixth 
(dummy) Passenger Eailway d6p6t. 

Federal, S. E. corner of Seventeenth and Federal streets. 
This building has a large hall in second story for meetings, etc. 

Farmers' West Philadelphia, Market and Thirty-sixth 
streets. 

West Philadelphia, Market street, north side, between 
Fortieth and Forty-first streets. 

Mantua, Haverford street, N. E. corner of Thirty-sixth 
street, West Philadelphia. 

Norris, Norris street, near North Pennsylvania Eailroad 
depot. 

Oxford, N. E. corner of Twentieth and Oxford streets. 

Columbia Avenue, N. W. corner of Twelfth street. 
Frankford, Euan street, between Paul and Main streets, 
Frankford, Twenty -third ward. 

Germantown, Germantown avenue, between School and 
Queen streets. 

Ridge Avenue, Farmers', below Girard avenue. 

Northern Liberties, Delaware avenue and Callowhill street. 

Street Markets belong-ing to the City Corporation. 

South Second Street, middle of Second street, from Pine 
to South street. 

North Second Street, or Northern Liberties, North Second 
street, from Fairmount avenue to Poplar street. 

Callowhill Street, Callowhill street, from Fourth to Seventh 
streets. 

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MARKETS. 



Spring Garden Street, Spring Garden street, from Marshall 
to Twelfth street. 

Girard Avenue, east from Hancock street to Third street, 
from Lawrence street to Eighth street, from Tenth street to 
Twelfth street. 

Bainbridge Street, from Third street to Fifth street. 

Wharton, Moyamensing road, from Prime street to Whar- 
ton street. 




CHAPTEE IV. 
CITY TRAVEL.-FERRIES.— RIVER 81EA3IB0ATS. 

THERE is no city in the world that possesses the facilities 
of cheap transportation with which Philadelphia is 
favored. A system of street railroads has been adopted 
which cross or pass through all of the principal streets. 

If the destination of the passenger is on or near the line of 
the railway, a single fare or ticket will carry him to it. If it 
is upon a cross street distant from the street on which he is 
travelling, he may frequently reach it by a railway running 
upon the cross street or upon the next parallel street on either 
side. In some cases this will cost him two fares or two 
tickets. But there are several of the roads crossing each 
other which will sell to any passenger an exchange ticket— that 
is, a ticket which will carry him over a cross road— so that a 
passenger, by securing an exchange ticket, can reach almost 
any given point with great convenience and rapidity and at a 
moderate expense. The single rate of fare charged on all the 
street lines is seven cents, small children four cents each. But 
tickets good on any road for a single ride are sold in pack- 
ages of four for twenty-five cents. Where an exchange ticket 
is sold on any other line, an additional charge of two cents is 
made, so that for nine cents one may travel for miles in any 
direction. On some of the roads night lines commence to 
run about midnight. Charge on night lines, ten cents per pas- 
senger. No exchange tickets, nor reduced price for children. 
There are two modes of taking fare in these cars, one by a 
conductor, who notiiies each passenger in passing through the 
car, and the other by means of a box, in which the passenger 
must deposit the exact fare, the conductor remaining at the 
entrance and giving the proper change or tickets as may be 

desired. 

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76 PASSENGER RAILWAYS. 

On the roads which have several routes, transfer passes are 
given at some of the intersections, which carry the passenger 
in other cars of the same company on the branch route. To 
furnish the necessary information to strangers, a complete 
list is given of all the street railroads, with the color of cars, 
and the color of lights used at night. 

Union Passenger Railway Company. Paek and Navy 
Yard branch.— Yellow car, red light. Going east and south 
— From Park entrance down Brown to Twenty-third, to Wal- 
lace, to Franklin, to Eace, to Seventh, to Federal, to Front, to 
Wharton. Going north and west — Along Wharton to Ninth, to 
Spring Garden, to Twenty-third, to Park entrance. 

EiCHMOND AND Baltimore Eailroad d^pot branch. 
— Green car, green light. Going south and west — From dep6t, 
Norris and Thompson streets, down Thompson to Marlbor- 
ough, to Belgrade, to Frankford avenue, to Master, to Franklin, 
to Eace, to Seventh, to Passyunk avenue, to Ellsworth, to Broad 
and up to Baltimore depot. Going north and east — Up Broad 
to Christian, to Ninth, to Spring Garden, near Germantown 
Eailroad depot, to Seventh, to Oxford, to Fourth, to Norris, 
passes North Pennsylvania Eailroad depot and Kensington 
Trenton Eailroad dep6t, to Memphis, to York, to Thomp- 
son, to dep6t, corner Norris. 

Columbia avenue and Market street branch.— Eed 
car, orange light. Gowig south and east — From depot. Twenty- 
third and Columbia avenue, down Columbia avenue to Frank- 
lin, to Eace, to Seventh, to Market, to Front. Going west and 
,;^ori!^— Eeturn up Market to Ninth, to Spring Garden, near 
Germantown Eailroad dep6t, to Seventh, to Columbia avenue, 
to Twenty -third, to dep6t. 

Spring Garden and Poplar street branch.— Eed (one- 
horse) car, red light. Going east— From Park entrance down 
Brown to Twenty-third, to Wallace, to Twenty-second, to 
Spring Garden, passes near Germantown Eailroad depot, to 
Seventh, to Poplar. Going tvest— Out Poplar to Twenty-ninth, 
to Park entrance. 

Cedar street branch. — Green car, green light. Going 



PASSENGER RAILWAYS. ^ ^ 

nm-th—Fvom York up Cedar to Somerset, to Eichmond street. 
Going south— Retuin by same route. 

Christian street branch— Yellow car, red light. Going 
north and west— From d6p5t, Seventh and McKean, to Ninth, 
to Ellsworth, to Twenty-third, to Christian. Going east and 
south— Down Christian to Seventh, to dep6t. 

Jefferson street buai^cb..— Going east— Yiom dep6t. 
Twenty-third and Columbia avenue, along Columbia avenue 
to Twenty-fourth, to Jefferson, to Franklin, to Thompson, to 
Front, to Columbia avenue. Going west—V^ Columbia ave-" 
nue to Franklin, to Master, to Twenty-third, to dep6t. 

Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company. Yellow car, red 
light. Going south and ms^— From d6p5t, Thirty-second and 
Eidge avenue, down Eidge avenue to Tenth, to Arch, to Second. 
Going west and 7iorth—Vp Arch to Ninth, to Eidge av., to dep6t. 
Manayunk branch.— Yellow car, yellow light; flag with 
a white star in centre. Going north— Yiom dep8t. Thirty- 
second and Eidge avenue, along Eidge avenue to Main street, 
to Green lane. Going south— netmn over same route. 

Second and Third streets Passenger Railway Company. 
White cars, green light. Goi7ig south— Ymm depot, Frankford 
road below Lehigh avenue, to Jefferson street, up Jefferson to 
Second, down Second to Mifflin, up Mifflin to Third. Goiiig 
y^or//i— Up Third to Germantown avenue, to Oxford, to Front, 
up Front to Amber, to depdt. 

Frankford branch.— White car, green light; in daytime 
red flag. Going north— Vip Frankford avenue to Paul street, 
to Arrott street. Eeturning down Main to Frankford avenue, 
to depot, below Lehigh avenue. 

North Pennsylvania Eailro ad depot branch.— Green 
car, orange light. Going south— Vown Frankford avenue to 
Huntingdon street, to Coral, to Cumberland, to Emerald, to 
Dauphin, to Third, to Berks, passing North Pennsylvania 
Eaiboad d6p5t, to Second, to Dock. Going north— To Third, 
to Germantown avenue, to Oxford, to Third, to Berks, passing 
North Pennsylvania Eailroad d6p6t, to Second, to York, to 
Coral, to Cumberland, to Amber, to d6p6t. 
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78 PASSENGER RAILWAYS. 

Richmond branch. — Red car, red light. Going south— 
Up Lehigh avenue to Richmond street, to Frankford avenue, 
to Manderson, to Beach, to Laurel, to Delaware avenue, to 
Fairmount avenue, to Second, to Dock, to Third. Going north 
— Up Third to Brown, to Beach, to Manderson, to Frankford 
avenue, to Girard avenue, to Norris, to Richmond street, to 
Lehigh avenue, to depot, corner Edgemont street. 

Bridesburg branch. — White car, white light. Going 
north — Up Lehigh avenue to Richmond street, to Bridge, to 
Washington. Going south — Over same route to d6p5t. 

Front street branch. — White car, white light. Going 
south — From Fairmount avenue, down New Market to Vine, 
to Front, to Chestnut, Going north — Over same route. 

Allegheny avenue branch. — Yellow car, white light. 
Going north — From Lehigh avenue up Richmond street to 
Allegheny avenue. Going south — Return by same route. 

Cumberland street branch. — White car, white light. 
Going north — From Richmond street up Cumberland to Am- 
ber. Going south — Return by same route. 

Frankford and Southwark Railway Company. Fifth and 
Sixth streets. Yellow car, red light. Going south — From 
dep6t, Kensington avenue and Cumberland street, down Ken- 
sington avenue to Front, to Kensington-Trenton Railroad 
depot, to Berks, to North Pennsylvania Railroad depot, to 
Sixth to Jackson, to Fifth. Going north — ^Up Fifth to Berks, 
passes North Pennsylvania and Kensington Railroad d6p&ts, 
to Front, to Kensington avenue, to d6p&t corner Cumberland. 

Lehigh and Powell street branch. — Green car, green 
light. Going south — From dep6t up Kensington avenue to 
Lehigh avenue, to Sixth street, down Sixth to Powell, to 
Fifth. Going north — Up Fifth to Lehigh avenue, to Ken- 
sington avenue, to d6p6t. 

Frankford steam (dummy) branch. — Going n&rth — 
From Kensington avenue dep5t up Kensington avenue to 
Frankford road, to Arrott street dep5t. Going south — Return 
over same route. 

Germantown Passenger Railway Company. Fourth and 



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79 



Eighth streets. Yellow car, green light. Going south— Fvom 
dep6t, Eighth and Dauphin streets, down Dauphin to Ger- 
mantown avenue, to Fourth, to Dickinson, to Eighth. Going 
north— V^ Eighth to Columbia avenue, to Seventh, to Susque- 
hanna avenue, to d6p6t, Eighth and Dauphin. 

Walnut steeet beanch.— Yellow car, green light. Go- 
ing south— B&me route from depot to Walnut, to Eighth. 
Going north — Up Eighth to dep6t. 

Geemantown beanch.— Yellow car, green light. Going 
north — From Dauphin up Eighth to Germantown avenue, to 
Germantown. Going south — Return by same route. 

GiEAED AVEKUE BEANCH.— Yellow Car, red light. Going 
east—Fmm Thirty-first street along Girard avenue to Pal- 
mer, to Beach, to Shackamaxon. Going west— Yrom Shack- 
amaxon street along Girard avenue, crossing the bridge and 
extending to Elm avenue, near Exhibition building. 

Citizens Passenger Railway Company. Tenth and Eleventh 
streets. Yellow car, green light. Going south— Fiom depot, 
Tenth street and Montgomery avenue, down Tenth to Eeed, 
to Eleventh. Going north— \J^ Eleventh to Diamond, to 
Tenth, to depot corner Montgomery avenue. 

Mifflin steeet beanch. — Yellow (one-horse) car, red 
light. Going south— Dovfn Tenth to Mifflin, to Twelfth. Go- 
ing north — Up Twelfth to Wharton, to Tenth. 

Empire Passenger Railway Company. Twelfth and Six- 
teenth streets. Yellow car, red light. Going south— Fmm dep5t, 
Twelfth street and Montgomery avenue, down Twelfth to Whar- 
ton, to Seventeenth, to Carpenter, to Sixteenth. Going north— 
Up Sixteenth to Montgomery avenue, to depot corner Twelfth. 
Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets Passenger Railway Com- 
pany. Columbia avenue beanch. — Green car, green light. 
Going north— From Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore 
Railroad depot, at Broad street and Washington avenue, up 
Broad to Carpenter, to Fifteenth, to Master, to Ridge avenue, 
to Columbia avenue, to Thirteenth. Going south — Down Thir- 
teenth, passing Reading Railroad depot at CallowUill street, 
to Carpenter, to Broad, to depot above Washington avenue. 



80 PASSENGER RAILWAYS. 

NoERis STEEET BKAJSTCH. — Yellow Car, red light. Going 
north — From Broad and Washington avenue to Carpenter, to 
Fifteenth, to Columbia avenue, to Broad, to Norris, to Thir- 
teenth. Going south — Down Thirteenth to Carpenter, to 
Broad, to depot above Washington avenue. 

North Broad street branch. — Yellow (one-horse) car. 
red light. Going north — From Norris up Broad to New York 
Eailroad Junction depot. Back over same route. 

South Broad street branch. — Yellow car, red light. 
Going south — From Baltimore Railroad depSt, above Washing- 
ton avenue, down Broad, to Jackson. Return by same route. 

Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets Passenger Railway 
Company. Yellow car, red light. Going south — From depot, 
Nineteenth and Master, up Nineteenth to Norris, to Seven- 
teenth, to Carpenter, to Nineteenth. Going north — Up Nine- 
teenth to dep6t. 

Green and Coates Passenger Railway Company. Green car, 
red light. Going east and south — From Fairmount avenue en- 
trance of Park down Fairmount avenue to Twenty-second, to 
Green, to Fourth, to Dickinson, to Eighth. Going north and 
west — Up Eighth to Fairmount avenue, to the Park. 

Walnut street branch. — Going east and south — From 
Park entrance via Fairmount avenue and Fourth street to 
Walnut, to Eighth. Going north and west — From Walnut up 
Eighth to Fairmount avenue, and then west to Park entrance. 

Delaware Eiver branch. — Green (one-horse) car, red 
light. Going west — From Green up Beach to Fairmount 
avenue, to Eighth. Going east — Return down Fairmount 
avenue to Fourth, to Green, to Beach. 

People's Passenger Railway Company. Callowhill street. 
Yellow car, orange light. Going west — From Camden and At- 
lantic steamboat wharf, Vine street and Delaware River, 
along Vine to Fourth and York avenue, along York avenue 
to Callowhill, to Park entrance and bridge at Schuylkill 
River. Going east — Along same route from Schuylkill River, 
to Front street, to Vine, to wharf. 

Hestonvtile, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railroad. 



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81 



Yellow cars, red lights. Going east—Fvom d6p6t on Lancas- 
ter avenue and Somerset street, along Lancaster avenue to 
Haverford street, to Thirtieth, to Bridge street, over the bridge, 
lower deck, to Callowhill, to Hamilton, to Twenty-second, to 
Race, to Second, to Walnut, to Dock. Eeturning, going west, 
via Third, to Vine, to Twenty-third, to Spring Garden, over 
the bridge, upper deck, to Lancaster and Belmont avenues 
and the Exhibition buildings. 

Zoological Gardens branch. — Same route. From 
Spring Garden street north on Thirty-fifth to Pennsylvania 
Railroad bridge. Return over same route to Haverford and 
Spring Garden streets. 

Hestonville branch.— Green car, red light. Going west 
—From dep6t, out Lancaster avenue to Fifty-second, Hes- 
tonville, and along Fifty-second to Elm avenue and Park at 
George's Hill. Going easi!— Return over same route. 

Arch street branch.— Yellow car, green light. Going 
east— Fvom dep6t, Twenty-sixth and Callowhill streets, down 
Biddle street to Twenty-fifth, up Twenty-fifth to Spring Gar- 
den, down to Twentieth, to Arch, to Second. Going west-— 
Up Arch to Twenty-first street, to Callowhill, to depot. 

West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Market 
street. Yellow car, red light. Going east—FYom depot, Forty- 
first and Haverford streets, down Forty-first to Market, passes 
Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Thirty-first, and down Market 
to Front. Going west — Return over same route. 

Haddington branch.— Green car, white light. Going 
west— Out Haverford from Forty-first to Sixty-seventh. Go- 
ing east — Return over same route. 

Fairmount Park branch. — Blue car. Going north — 
From depot, Haverford and Forty-first streets, up Forty-first 
to Elm street, to main entrance. Going south — On Elm ave- 
nue to Fortieth street, to Market, to Front, and returning to 
Forty-first, to d6p6t. 

Philadelphia City Passenger Railway, via Chestnut and 
Walnut streets. Green cars, red lights. These cars, going 
east, leave the dep8t near Forty-second street on Chestnut, 

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82 PASSENGER RAILWAYS. 

pass West Chester Railroad d6p6t at Thirty-first street, and go 
directly down Chestnut to Front street, and then through 
Front to Walnut street, and near Pennsylvania Eailroad 
freight d6p6t wharf. Going west along Walnut street to 
Twenty-second, returning to Chestnut street, and back to the 
depot, crossing all the streets from Second to Forty-first street. 
Branch Line to International Exhibition, Fairmount 
Park. — Yellow cars, orange light. Same routes on Chestnut 
and Walnut streets. Turns northward at Thirty-second and 
Chestnut streets ; up Thirty -second, near Pennsylvania Rail- 
road dep6t, to Lancaster avenue, to Belmont avenue and Elm 
avenue. Returning by same streets to Chestnut, etc. 

Branch Line to Darby. — Red cars, white lights. Going 
y,est — Same route on Walnut and Chestnut streets to Wood- 
land avenue, by the avenue and Darby road to Darby, Dela- 
ware county. Return same route. A single fare on this route 
carries the passenger to or from Forty-first street and Wood- 
land avenue. Fare to Darby, sixteen cents. 

Branch Line to Mount Moriah Cemetery. — Blue cars, 
white lights. Over same route to Mount Moriah lane and 
cemetery. Returning, same route. Fare to Mount Moriah, 
twelve cents. 

Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry Railway Company— Spruce 
and Pine. White car, red light. Going east— From Gray's 
Ferry bridge, up Gray's Ferry road to Christian, down Chris- 
tian to Twenty-third, to dep6t near Spruce, to Third, to Wal- 
nut and Dock. Going west—Do^n Dock to Second, to Pine, 
to Twenty-third, to Gray's Ferry road, to the bridge. 

Schuylkill River Fairmount Park branch.— 6^ow^ 
west and north— Ssime route on Pine to Twenty-third, north to 
Callowhill, to Twenty-fifth, to Green street Park entrance. 
Going south— Down Twenty-fifth to Hamilton, to Twenty- 
second, to Filbert, to Twenty-third, to Walnut, to Twenty- 
second, to Spruce and east to Exchange. 

United States Arsenal branch.— D6p6t Twenty-third 
and Spruce streets. White car, red light. Boiite—&ame as 
Gray's Ferry line, as far as the Arsenal. 



PASSENGER RAIIiWAYS. 83 

Lombard and South streets Passenger Railway Company. 

D6pot Twenty -fifth and South streets. Yellow car, red light. 
Going east — Through depot, Twenty-fifth street and South street 
to Lombard, down Lombard to Front, to Dock, to Delaware 
avenue. Going west — From Dock street and Delaware avenue 
up Dock to Front, to South, to depot at Twenty-fifth and South. 

Passyunk aven^ue BEAis^CH. — ^Eed car, red light. Going 
south — From Fourth and Lombard, down Fourth to South, to 
Passyunk avenue, to Juniper, to Snyder avenue, to depot, 
west of Thirteenth. Going north — Down Snyder avenue to 
Twelfth, to Dickinson, to Eighth, to Christian, to Fifth, to 
Lombard, to Fourth. 

West End Passenger Railway Company. Centennial 
BEANCH. — Going north and west — From Baltimore avenue up 
Fortieth to Lancaster avenue, to Forty-first, to Elm avenue, 
around Fairmount Park to Belmont gate. Going east and 
south — Eeturn by Elm avenue to Fortieth, to Lancaster ave- 
nue, to Thirty-eighth, to Woodland avenue. 

Zoological Gardens branch. — Going north — From 
Thirty-ninth and Baltimore avenue along Baltimore avenue 
to Fortieth, to Locust, to Thirty-sixth, to Powelton avenue, to 
Thirty-fifth, to Zoological Garden. Going south — On Thirty- 
fifth to Eadline street, to Thirty-third, to Walnut, to Thirty- 
sixth, to Locust, to Thirty-eighth, to Woodland avenue, to 
Baltimore avenue. 

Manayunk and Roxborough Inclined Plane Passenger Rail- 
way Company. Route — On Eidge avenue, from Barren Hill 
to Wissahickon station on Eeading Eailroad, and return. 

Continental Passenger Railway Company. Going south — 
From d6p6t, north-west corner of Twentieth and Montgomery 
avenue, down Twentieth to Eidge avenue, to South College 
avenue, to Corinthian avenue, to Parrish, to Twentieth, to 
Federal. Going north — Federal to Eighteenth, to Francis, to 
Perkiomen, to Vineyard, to Eighteenth, to Montgomery ave- 
nue, to Twentieth. 

Filbert and Sansom streets branch. — Going east — On 
Filbert street from Twentieth, to Seventh, south to Sansom. 
Going west — Sansom from Seventh, to Eighteenth street. 



84 FERRIES, ETC. — CARRIAGES AND HACKS. 

FERRIES AND RIVER STEAMBOATS ON THE DELAWARE. 
Ferries to New Jersey. 

From upper side of Market street to Federal street, Camden. 

From lower side of Market street to Market street, Camden. 

From Vine street to Cooper's Point, Camden. 

From South street, upper side, to Kaighn's Point, Camden. 

From South street, lower side, to Gloucester. 

From Shackamaxon street to Cooper's Point, Camden. 
River Steamboat Lines. 

For up-river towns and Bristol and Burlington, from Chest- 
nut street wharf. 

For Trenton and intermediate towns, from foot of Arch street. 

For down-river towns and Chester and Wilmington, foot of 
Chestnut street. 

For Chester, New Castle, Delaware City and Salem, foot of 
Arch street. 

On the Schuylkill River. 
For Zoological Gardens, Belmont, Centennial grounds, 
Falls, Wissahickon and Manayunk, from wharf opposite 
Coates street entrance to the Park. 

CARRIAGES AND HACKS. 

The following rules and charges are authorized by the city 
government. 

That the prices or rates of fare to be taken by or paid to 
the owners or drivers of hackney carriages, unless otherwise 
expressly and mutually agreed upon, shall be as follows, to 
wit: 

For carrying one passenger any distance not exceeding one 
mile, the sum of seventy-five cents; two passengers, one dollar 
and twenty-five cents; and for every additional passenger, 
twenty-five cents. 

For conveying one passenger any distance more than a mile, 
and not exceeding two miles, one dollar and a quarter ; two 
passengers, one dollar and seventy -five cents; and for every 
additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 



CARRIAGES AND HACKS. 



85 



For carrying a passenger any distance over two miles, for 
any such additional mile or part of a mile, the sum of fifty 
cents in addition to the fare for the first two miles, and for 
every additional passenger, fifty cents. 

For the use of a carriage from a public stand (commonly 
called hackney carriages) by the hour, with one or two 
passengers, for the purpose of going from place to place, and 
stopping as often as may be required, one dollar and a half 
per hour, and for every additional passenger, twenty-five cents. 
In all cases where the hiring of a hackney carriage is not 
at the time specified to be by the hour, it shall be deemed to 
be by the mile ; but in case the distance shall be more than 
four miles, the rate to be charged for each additional mile 
shall be fifteen cents for each passenger, as herein provided. 
In all cases a mile shall be taken, and construed to mean, 
twelve blocks of one hundred numbers on numbered streets. 

Whenever any such carriage not engaged by the hour shall 
be detained by the passenger or passengers, the owner or driver 
shall be allowed at the rate of seventy-five cents per hour, in 
addition to the rates hereby established. 

For children between five and fourteen years of age half 
price only is to be charged, and for children under five years 
of age no charge is to be made, if not more than one such 
child to each two grown persons. 

Every driver or owner of a hackney carriage shall carry, 
transport and convey in and upon his carriage, in addition to 
the grown person or persons therein, one trunk, valise, saddle 
bag, carpet-bag, portmanteau or box, not exceeding one hun- 
dred pounds in weight, if requested to do so, without charge 
or compensation therefor ; but for every such trunk or other 
articles above named more than one for each passenger, he 
shall be entitled to demand and receive six cents. 

There shall be placed within every hackney carriage, in a 
conspicuous place therein, at all times, a card which shall 
contain the registered number of such carriage, the name 
and residence of the owner thereof, and copies of the ninth, 
tenth and eleventh sections of the ordinance for regulation 
ef hacks, etc. 



86 CAKRIAGES, EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH^ 

That if any owner, driver or person having charge of ai:y 
such carriage shall a&k or demand any greater sum than he 
may be entitled to demand as herein set forth, he shall forfeit 
all' claim for compensation for the services for which such 
greater sum shall have been demanded ; and no owner, driver 
or person aforesaid shall offer for employment any carriage 
wherein the card mentioned in the tenth section of the or- 
dinance shall not be placed. 

It is an offence for the driver or person having charge of 
a hackney carriage while unemployed at a stand to refuse to 
convey persons and their baggage if application is made 
for that purpose. The number of each carriage is required 
to be placed on the centre panel of each door, and upon the 

lamps. 

About twelve squares may be counted as a mile, and may 
be calculated as follows : From Chestnut street north to Girard 
avenue or south to Federal street is one mile. From the Dela- 
ware River to Twelfth street is one mile. From the Delaware 
to the Schuykill is two miles. 

Hotel omnibuses and stages will be found at most of the 
railway stations, and the fare is less than in the hacks or 
carriages, generally fifty cents for each passenger. 
EXPRESS COMPANIES. 
One of the great enterprises of the country is the introduc- 
tion of express companies for the rapid forwarding of pack- 
ages, trunks, merchandise and bullion. There is no State in 
the Union but what enjoys the advantages of this rapid method 
of shipment. Offices of the Adams Express and the Central 
Express at 531 Chestnut street and Eleventh street near Mar- 
ket. Reading Railroad Express office, 624 Chestnut street. 
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 
Philadelphia Local Telegraph Company. This company 
will forward messages to any part of the city, the charge be- 
ing twenty cents for a message of not over ten words. The 
main office is 107 South Third street, but sub-offices may be 
found in aU sections of the city. 



TELEGRAPH COMPANIES BAGGAGE. 87 

The Western Union Telegraph Company and the Atlantic 
and Pacific Company are both in connection with all points 
on the American continent, and also by cable with all parts 
of the known world. Sub-offices may be found in all the 
principal hotels, where a tariff of charges may be obtained. 

The American District Telegraph. This invaluable insti- 
tution has been largely adopted in Philadelphia. By the use 
of a small instrument like a clock, fixed up in stores, offices 
or dwellings, messengers are called from the nearest district 
office in a very short space of time, and will be ready for any 
duty with which they may be entrusted. If needed, a police- 
man appears at the call of the instrument. Should a con- 
flagration be threatened, another turn, and a fireman with 
his extinguisher is at hand ready for service. The corps of 
messenger boys employed by the District Telegraph Company 
are well instructed to act a& guides, interpreters and messengers ; 
prompt and active, they have become a public necessity. The 
charge for their use varies from ten cents upward, depending 
upon the distance to be travelled. 

BAGGAGE. 
Travellers will find the present system of baggage express 
very convenient. Parties leaving the city can have their 
trunks and packages called for at their hotels or residences, 
and carried to railroad depots or steamboat wharves. The 
general system is this: notice being given at the express office 
or at a railroad general-ticket office (except the ticket offices 
at the railroad depots or points of starting), the baggage will 
be called for. If the traveller has purchased a ticket to his 
point of destination, and produces the ticket at the baggage 
express office, his baggage can be checked through to the 
place of his destination upon a single check. This check 
will be delivered by the express carriers when they receive 
the trunk or article to be sent, and upon payment of the ex- 
press charges. If the traveller is stopping at a hotel, the 
through- check will be left with the clerk, or the traveller 
himself if he should happen to be present when the baggage 



88 BAGGAGE. 

is called for. Under such conditions the traveller is relieved 
from all anxiety upon account of his baggage when he arrives 
at the railroad or other dep6t. He may take his seat and 
proceed on his journey. All that he will have to do will be 
to present his baggage check to the baggage master when he 
arrives at the point of destination. 

If the traveller who goes to the express office, and who 
makes arrangements for the carrying of his baggage, should 
not happen to have his ticket with him, he may leave an 
order for the carriage of his baggage from his hotel or resi- 
dence to the railroad depot or steamboat wharf in this city. 
When his baggage is received and charges paid, he will re- 
ceive a claim-check corresponding in number to the check 
upon the article to be carried. In that case it is his duty to be 
at the depot sufficiently long before the starting-time to go to 
the baggage-master and exchange his city express claim-check 
for a check to carry his article to his destination. In that 
case also he must bear in mind that his baggage will not be 
checked through unless he produces his passage ticket. 

There are two principal baggage express companies in 
Philadelphia, and in addition orders for expressing baggage 
w411 be taken at the railroad ticket offices (except dep&t 
offices) upon the purchase of a ticket at any of such offices. 
The general rule is the same at all offices as we have above 
described. 

The Union Transfer Baggage Express office is at the S. E. 
corner of Ninth and Chestnut street, in the Continental Hotel. 
This office carries baggage to and from the city dep5ts, and 
gives through-checks, under the regulations above mentioned, 
to any city, town or station upon the line of the following 
railroads : Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Philadelphia, 
Wilmington and Baltimore, Eeading, Baltimore Central, 
Camden and Atlantic and West Chester, and upon all roads 
connected with them for stations on which tickets are sold. 

Mann's North Pennsylvania Eailroad Express, S. W. cor- 
ner of Fifth and Chestnut streets, carries baggage to and from 
the North Pennsylvania Eailroad dep6t, and to anv other 



SPECIAL TICKET OFFICES, ETC. 



89 



dep6t when ordered ; gives througli-checks, tickets being pre- 
viously bought, upon the North Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, 
New Jersey Central, and New York and Erie Railroads. 

Tickets for the railroads named are sold at the baggage ex- 
press office. They are also sold at the various d6p6ts of the 
railroad companies and at special offices established by the 
railroad companies as follows : 

SPECIAL TICKET OFFICES. 
Pennsylvania Railroad, S. E. corner Broad and Chestnut 
street, 116 Market street. 

Reading, St. Elmo Hotel, 317 Arch, 624 Chestnut, 732 

Chestnut. 

Baltimore and Ohio, 700 Chestnut. 

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore, 700 Chestnut. 

Camden and Atlantic (for Atlantic City), Broad and Chest- 
nut 4 Chelton avenue, Germantown. 

West Jersey (for Cape May), Broad and Chestnut, 116 
Market, 4 Chelton avenue, Germantown. 

New York and Erie, 732 Chestnut. 

North Pennsylvania, 732 Chestnut. 

Lehigh Valley, 732 Chestnut. 

RAILROAD PASSENGER DEPOTS. 
Pennsylvania, Market and Thirty-first, for Southern, West- 
ern and New York lines ; Broad street and connecting railroad 
junction for New York lines; Kensington d^pdt, Front and 
Berks, for Northern Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey and 
New York lines ; Market street wharf, Delaware avenue, for 
East, West and North New Jersey, Cape May and New York 

lines. ^ , 

Philadelphla,Wilmington and Baltimore, N.W. corner Broad 

and Washington avenue, for Baltimore, Washington and the 
South and West. 

Reading, N. W. corner of Thirteenth and CallowhiU, lor 
the North and West; N. E. corner Ninth and Green, for Ger- 
mantown, Norristown, etc. 
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90 RAILROAD DEPOTS— RAILROADS. 

North Pennsylvania, corner of Berks and American streets, 
for the North and West. 

West Chester, Chestnut and Thirty-first. 

Camden and Atlantic, wharf, Vine street and Delaware 
avenue. 

West Jersey (Cape May), Market street wharf. 

RAILROADS. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad. The city of Philadelphia owes 
much of its progress in recent years to the rapid extension of 
this road, which, by its connections with all sections of the 
United States, presents facilities for rapid transit and commu- 
nication which are unequalled by any other city in the Union. 
The offices of the president and directors and chiefs of execu- 
tive departments of this road are in a very large marble build- 
ing situated at the south-east corner of Fourth street and Wil- 
ling's alley, below Walnut street, each department having its 
separate suite of offices, and managed with a most admirable 
system. The total number of miles of road operated and 
controlled by the Pennsylvania Eailroad is estimated at over 
two thousand, with one thousand locomotives, half as many 
first-class passenger cars, and over twenty-five thousand freight 
cars, used in transporting grain, cotton, petroleum and mer- 
chandise. The workshops of the company are located at 
Jersey City, Altoona, Johnstown and other points, and are 
very extensive and complete. The total assets of the com- 
pany have been placed as high as one hundred and eighty 
millions of dollars, and the creditable management of its 
finances has retained the values of its stock through all the 
depression of the past few years. The principal passenger 
dep8t of the road is located on Market street, in West Phila- 
delphia, across the Schuylkill. While nothing can be said 
in praise of the style of the depot itself, which is not very 
creditable to the road, yet the amount of travel in every 
direction occasions daily a busy scene well worthy the atten- 
tion of visitors. There are track accommodations here for 
over ten thousand freight cars, and there is but little time 



KAILROADS. ^1 



lost between the arriyal and departure of the numerous trains^ 
The principal freight d6p3ts occupy the block of ground 
bounded by Market, Filbert, Fifteenth and &xteenth streets 
and at Delaware ayenue and Dock street, extending to Water 
street and north to Walnut. Passenger d6p8ts at Market and 
Thirty-first streets, Kensington, Front and Berks streets, and 
Market street wharf, Delaware avenue. 

The PennsyWauia Railroad was chartered on the ISt^^ »f ^P"'' 
1S4B with power to build a railroad from Harnsburg to Pittsburg 
Tht rTute of travel and transportation between Philadelphia and 
PittsbuTwas, after the days of the Conestoga wagon, opened by 
failroad aid canal. In 1828 the Columbia and Portage railroads 
were authorized to be built, the intervening links of communication 
were a"*""™^ '^^^ Columbia Kailroad was projected to 

SCrPhifaddpta, ^0 miles, to the town of Columbia, upon 
thfsusquehanna Eiver. From this place the east division of he 
Pennsylvania Canal extended 172 miles to Ho lidaysburg. At he 
fatter place the Portage Railroad, 36 miles in length, mounted the 
A ShanTes by a series of inclined planes, and descending on the west 
fermSated at Johnstown, from which there was canal navigation 104 
mnrttpittsburg. Ap'ait of the Columbia ^-Iroadwa. opened 
in 1831. The whole hne was ready for use in 1834 Twelve years 
exnerience of this method of communication, and the belief that 
n^nering skill might build a railroad which could scale the Alle- 
shinies led to the project of the Pennsylvania Eailioad. It was 
fonsWed'with gre'at tapidity, and when opened soon l«oame a 
o-reat route of travel. The State works became unprofitalDle. Ac 
oulshions weve made of new links, until finally the whole of the 
irnnsvlvaria State line of railroad between Columbia and Phila- 
delphfa, as well as the canals west of Columbia, became the property 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. The offices of this road 
are also located on Fourth street, at the north-east corner of 
WiUing's alley, immediately opposite those of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad. The magnificent building is of brown stone, 
and very thoroughly adapted for the use of the company in 
its various departments. The Reading Railroad ha« its special 
connections with the principal points in the coal region, and 
from there, and through its means, this gi-eat source of wealth 
is distributed to all sections of the United States. The com- 



92 RAILROADS. 

pany owns and controls over fourteen hundred miles of road, 
has over four hundred locomotives, over sixteen thousand 
coal cars, thirty-six hundred freight cars, and two hundred 
and twenty-five passenger cars. The passenger and freight 
depots of this road are located at Thirteenth and Callowhill 
streets and Ninth and Green streets. Coal d6p6ts at Port 
Richmond. 

The improvement of the navigation of the river Schuylkill was a 
favorite subject of interest with the people of Philadelphia before 
the Revolution. Various schemes of slack-water and canal naviga- 
tion were discussed and abandoned. The Union Canal Company, 
chartered in 1811, was intended to extend by way of the Schuylkill 
River to Reading, and by practicable routes to the Susquehanna. 
The Schuylkill JSTavigation Company, chartered in 1814, was so far 
finished in 1818 as to allow the descent of boats. It was 108 
miles in length, and extended to Port Carbon, in Schuylkill county. 
When the value of anthracite as a fuel became sufficiently acknow- 
ledged to allow the commencement of a trade in the article, the 
Schuylkill Navigation Company was found to have its terminus in 
the coal regions, and soon began to enjoy a very profitable trade. It 
may be said that from. 1830 to 1842 it had the monopoly of the coal 
business of the Schuylkill valley. The Reading Railroad Company 
was chartered on the 4th of April, 1833, to build a railroad from 
Philadelj)hia to Reading. There were many discouragements and 
difficulties, and it was eleven years after the charter was obtained 
before the railroad was finished from Pottsville to Philadelphia. On 
the 8th day of January, 1842, the road was opened. Seventy-five 
cars, with two thousand one hundred and fifty persons, music and 
banners, were drawn to the city by a single engine, while a train of fifty- 
two burden cars, with one hundred and eighty tons of coal, followed; 
and when they reached the city, a grand procession marched through 
the streets of Philadelphia. For some years the contest between the 
Reading Railroad Company and the Schuylkill Navigation Company 
was very earnest, but finally the locomotive won ; and by lease the 
Reading Railroad Company became possessed of the works of the Nav- 
igation Company, which are now operated in the interest of the former. 

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The 

oflices of this road are located at the passenger and freight 
depot, on Broad street near Washington avenue. As it is the 
direct connecting link between New York and Washington, 
the travel over its line is very large. Length of track, one 



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hundred and ninety-two miles, with sixty-one daily trains, 
employing one hundred and fifteen passenger cars and twelve 
hundred and fifty freight cars. 

This raih-oad company was formed of four companies incorporated 
in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland in 1831 and 1832. Each 
of these companies laid out its line of travel in such a way as to 
connect with the others, hut each one managed its affairs m its 
own method, and proceeded to its work without consultation with the 
others The deo-rees of success in obtaining subscription and building 
the roads were not equal, and finally, in 1838, they were consohdated 
under the title now borne by the corporation. The through tracks 
were opened for use in 1838. The first passenger and freight depot 
in Philadelphia was built at the south-east corner of Eleventh and 
Market streets in 1842. The present depot at Broad and Washington 
avenue is 150 feet wide by 400 feet deep, and was completed and 
occupied in May, 1852. 

North Pennsylvania Railroad. The office of the main de- 
partments of this company is in a large brownstone building 
on the north side of Walnut street above Fourth street, and is 
well adapted to its business. The passenger and freight d6p5t 
of this road is located at Berks and American streets, and is 
in direct communication with all parts of the city by means 
of street-cars. There is a large freight d6p6t at Front and Cal- 
lowhill streets. This road is a favorite line of travel for plea- 
sure-seekers, reaching, as it does, some of the most picturesque 
portions of the State. Length of road, 85 miles. There are 

23 daily passenger trains, 47 locomotives, 48 passenger cars 
and over 1000 freight cars in use. 

This company was originally chartered as the Philadelphia, 
Easton and Water Gap Railroad Company. Its name was changed 
to the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company April, 1853. The 
road was finished to Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley in 1857. 

Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Although this road is 
located in New Jersey, a very large proportion of its travel is 
via Philadelphia, the connection being by boat from foot of 
Vine street. Its principal terminus is Atlantic City, a bathing- 
place of much celebrity. The road is 67 miles in length, with 

24 daily trains arriving and departing in the summer season, 
employing 55 passenger and 115 freight cars. 



94 RAILROADS. 

West Jersey Railroad. Main office in Camden, connecting 
by ferry-boat from Market street wharf. This road is also 
connected with a celebrated bathing-place known as Cape 
May, and during the summer term its entire capacity is put 
to the test. 

The West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad has its office 
and dep5t at Chestnut and Thirty -first streets. It extends 
from the city through a finely-cultivated country in Delaware 
and Chester counties to West Chester, the capital of the latter. 
The length of the road is 26 miles. It has 9 engines, 20 pas- 
senger cars and 53 freight cars. 

The Lehigh Valley Railroad. This company has no termi- 
nus in Philadelphia, but its main office of business has always 
been in this city, its projectors and original stockholders be- 
ing in large proportion Philadelphians. It occupies the 
large building at the south-west corner of Willing's alley and 
Third street, below Walnut street, which was originally built 
for and occupied for many years by the Pennsylvania Kail- 
road Company. 

The Lehigh Valley Eailroad Company was originally incorporated 
under the name of the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susque- 
hanna Railroad Company. The name was changed January 7, 
1853. The road was completed and put into operation in October, 
1855. The office of the company was moved to Philadelphia in 
1856. 



CHAPTER V. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN USE BY THE CITY. 

INDEPENDENCE SQUABE AND HALL AND ADJOINING 

BUILDINGS. 

WHAT is known as Independence Square is the block of 
gtound extending from the south side of Che^^^^^^ 
to the north side of Walnut street between Fifth and Six^h 
streets There are several buildings upon it, viz, the om 
tT^oL or Independence Hall, ^ --^^.^"t^e 
edifice in the ante-Eeyolutionary style of architecture, the 
wings east and west of the main building, which are occupied 
by courts and public offices ; the City Hal , south-west corne 
of Chestnut and Fifth streets, occupied by the mayor and other 
city officers; the county court-house building, ^''"th-east cor- 
neTof Sixth and Chestnut streets, occupied by courts and the 
Highway Department of the city; the Quarter Sessions court- 
holeadloinlig the latter on the east side of Sixth street and 
the haU of the^American Philosophical Society west side of 
Fifth street below Chestnut street, adjoining the City Hall 
which is occupied in the second story by the library and 
museum of that society, and in the lower story by courts and 
offices. The portion of Independence Square not occupied 
by these buildings is laid out as a public enclosure, and has 
many fine old trees upon it, some of which are ante-Eevolu- 
- tionary and believed to be portions of the original natural 
forest growth. 
INDEPENDENCE HALL, OR THE OLD STATE-HOUSE. 
Independence Hall is perhaps better known to the citizens 
of the United States than any other building withm the bor- 



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INDEPENDENCE HALL. 




Independence HAiiL. 



ders of Philadelphia. The events connected with our early 
history as a nation culminated in the declaration of our 
national independence by the Second Continental Congress, 
sitting in the east room, first floor. The hall is open to vis- 
itors from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., and since its restoration presents 
much the same appearance as during the signing of the Decla- 
ration, the tables and chairs being the identical pieces of 
furniture used at that time. There will also be found in this 
room portraits of the signers, either original or faithful copies, 
in many instances donated by their descendants or secured 
by purchase, a fund for that purpose having been appropri- 
ated by the city. In the south tower of the building will be 
found the old Liberty Bell, the first to peal the song of Liberty 
to the New World. Admission will be granted by the super- 
intendent to the steeple, from which an extended view may 
be had of the city and the rivers Delaware and Schuylkill. 



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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
The western room on the first floor, formerly the Judicial 
Hall of the colony of Pennsylvania, and afterward used by 
city and county courts, has been arranged as a National 
Museum ; and although but recently completed, it contains an 
interesting collection of relics connected with our early Colo- 
nial and Eevolutionary history. Among the most important of 
these relics is the original charter of the city of Philadelphia, 
with Penn's signature and the great seal of the State, also 
West's painting of the treaty with the Indians, and portraits 
of King William, Queens Mary and Anne, and Kings George 
I., II. and III., with whom terminated the royal authority in 
this country. A very curious and valuable collection of one 
hundred and thirty-four portraits, taken from life, and beau- 
tifully executed by Sharpless, an Englishman, attract much 
attention. They were painted between 1790 and 1800, and 
include Washington and Mrs. Washington, John Adams, Jef- 
ferson, Mr. Madison and many others of distinction. There 
will also be found here autograph letters, curious old furni- 
ture, china ware, newspapers, magazines, books, clothing, etc., 
illustrating the Colonial and Eevolutionary period. The 
National Museum is open to visitors without charge from 9 
A. M. to 12 P. M, In front of the building, on Chestnut street, 
is a marble statue of Washington by J. A. Bailly, erected by 
pupils of the public schools of Philadelphia. The second 
story of the hall is used at the present time for the meetings 
of the Select and Common Councils. 

The venerable building known to our fathers as the State-house 
has of late years been called Independence Hall, from the fact that 
in that building, on the second of July, 1776, the Second Continental 
Congress adopted the resolution of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, 
" that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and in- 
dependent States ; and that all political connection between us and the 
state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." This 
resolution had been introduced by Mr. Lee on the seventh of June, 
and a committee appointed to consider it and the terms of a declara- 
tion to that effect. It consisted of Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John 
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98 

Adams of Massachusetts, Beujamin Franklin of Pennsylvania Roger 
Sherman of Connecticut and Robert R Lvytngston of N » ^^-^^ 'I- 
I ee ou.'ht to have been a member and chairman of this committee, 
l:t bTfng called away suddenly on -onnt of the i Incss ol h. wi e 
lie was absent from Congress on the eleventh of June and Jeflerson 
was appointed in his stead as a representative of Virgm a Congress 
postponed ail action upon L-Wesolntion until the^ first rf 

same day the draft 
of a declaration of 
independence was 
reported by Mr. Jef- 
ferson, as chairman 
of the committee. 
The resolution of 
independence being 
adopted on the sec- 
ond, the form of the 
declaration was de- 
bated on the third 
and fourth, upon 
which latter day it 
was adopted. This 
was in secret ses 
sion, and nothing 
was publicly known 
of the adoption of 
the declaration un- 
til the next day. It 
was not read to the 
peoi)le until Mon- 
day the eighth of 
Ju'ly. The reading 
took place from an 
observatory in the 
State-house square, 
erected by the 
American Phil o- 
sophical Society in 
1769 for the purpose of observing the transit of Venus The reader 
was John Nixon, a member of the Council of Safety of Penn^ 
svlvania. Many important historical events have been connected 
wi^h the history of this building, but the adoption ot the reso- 
Tution and of the Declaration of Independence there has rendered 




INDEPENDENCE HALL. 9& 

it a consecrated spot in the affections of the American people, and 
one of great respect and interest to the people of the world. 

The State-house owes its erection to the necessities of the province 
of Pennsylvania, and to a recognition by the Assembly of the pro- 
priety of constructing some permanent building in which to hold 
its own sessions, and to accommodate the courts and public offices 
of the colony. After the settlement of the colony by the Eng- 
lish, the Assembly of Pennsylvania met in various places, among 
them the Quaker meeting-house, in private houses belonging to 
citizens, in the school-room of Thomas Makin from 1698 to 1705, and 
probably after. It is supposed that the Assembly met in the court- 
house of the city and county of Philadelphia, which was built in 
the middle of Market street, on the line of the western side of 
Second street, in the year 1709. In 1729 the Assembly appropriated 
£10,000 for the purpose of building a State-house. Under this author- 
ity several lots of ground were purchased upon Chestnut street 
between Fifth and Sixth streets, and upon the two latter streets 
halfway to Walnut street. The main building was commenced in 
the summer of 1732, according to the architectural plans of Andrew 
Hamilton, who was speaker of the Assembly and chairman of the 
committee to which the erection of the building was entrusted. By 
the original plan the centre building only was proposed; but on 
March twenty-fourth, 1733, two buildings for offices were author- 
ized to be constructed, one on each side of the main building. They 
were each two stories in height, with hip-roofs, and stood at some 
distance from the State-house. Access to the upper stories of these 
offices was had by means of arched piazzas set back from the lines 
of the principal buildings, in which were stairs leading to the rooms. 
The Assembly sat in a house which was upon the property when 
bought, probably from 1730 until October, 1735, when the State- 
house was first occupied. It was not finished at that time. Work 
went, on slowly, and it was not until 1741 that the building was con- 
sidered to be completed. At that time it presented the elevation 
merely of the building, without tower or steeple. In February, 1750, 
the Assembly authorized the erection of a building " on the south 
side of the State-house, to contain a staircase, with a suitable place 
for hanging a bell." This included the tower which is the founda- 
tion of the present steeple. A bell was directed to be obtained in 
October, 1751. A few days later, Isaac Norris, speaker of the Assem- 
bly, wrote to Robert Charles of London, authorizing him to purchase 
for the use of the province a good bell of about 2000 pounds weight. 
And he said: " Let the bell be cast by the best workmen, and ex- 
amined carefully before it is shipped, with the following words in 
large letters shaped around it, viz. : 

LofC. 



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INDEPENDENCE^ HALT. 



-BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENN- 
SYLv!Lr"B THE STATE-HOnSE IN THE CiTY OF PHI.ADEL- 

'" A;runderneath, ' Proclaim Liberty thro.ohout all the 

LAND TO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF.' Lev XXV. 10 

The bell was cast at Whitechapel, London. It weighe^ 2080 
pounds It was received in Philadelphia about the end of Au^us 
Im. upon trying the tone it was -^ortunately^crac^^^^^^^^ 

mined to send it 
back to London to 
have it recast; but 
before this Avas 
done, Pass and 
Stow, brass-found- 
ers of Philadelphia, 
undertook to recast 
the bell, and suc- 
ceeded about the 
beginning of April. 
1753. These found- 
ers had put too 
much copper in the 
metal prepared for 
the bell ; and when 
it was tried, the 
tone was unsatis- 
THE Liberty Beli.. factory. The bell 

was broken up again and recast by Pass and Stow, and was Placed 
in the steeple about the beginning of June, 1753. This bell bore 
the inscriptions ordered by Isaac Norris for the original bell, and 
upon he'^eighth of July, 1776, its tones fulfilled the command 
'proclaim liberty throughout the land." The be 1 was kept m the 
toler. It was taken down and removed to Bethlehem upon the 
apTroach of the British army in 1777, and returned after the evac- 
uation of the city. In 1781 the upper part of the steeple, having 
become decayed and dangerous, was taken down by order ol he 
Assembly. The tower was covered with a hip-roof, from which 
roseTshort spire with weathercock. A small belfry was erected m 
front fn whfch a bell was hung and used for public occasions 
TMs was the old bell which had been used by the Assembly to call 
the members together long before the State-house was bmlt Jn 
1828 a new steeple was erected upon the tower which was sixty feet 
aigher than that which was finished in 1753, but m architectural ap- 




INDEPENDENCE HALL. 10^ 

pearance was made to resemble the old steeple as nearly as possible, 
i much larger bell was procured, which was cast by J, Wilbank and 
weio-hed 4275 pounds. It did not give satisfaction. Mr. Wilbank re- 
placed it with another, weighing 4600 pounds. That bell was crax^ked, 
and was replaced by another, which has hung in the State-house 
steeple for forty-five years, used to announce the hours by the clock, 
as a signal fire-bell and rung on public occasions. 

The liberty bell was used after the first steeple was taken down 
only upon particular occasions. It was rung in honor of the news 
of the passage of the act of the British Parliament emancipating the 
Catholics in 1828. It was rung on the 22d of February, 1832, m 
honor of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Washington. It 
was cracked upon the morning of July 8, 1835, whilst being tolled 
in memory of Chiei-Justice Marshall, who had died in Philadelphia 
on the fitii of that month, and whose remains were being removed, 
attended by Councils and many citizens to the steamboat wharf, to 
be transported to their last resting-place in Richmond, Yirgima. 
The bell thus cracked is believed to have been used on after-occa- 
sions which increased the fracture. It became hopelessly useless 
after having been tried upon the celebration of Washington s birth- 
day February 22, 1843. At the time when the convention of dele- 
gates from the thirteen original States was held for the purpose of 
concerting measures for the erection of a monument in Independence 
Square to commemorate the Declaration of Independence, the bell 
was removed from its framework in the tower and placed upon a 
temporary pedestal in Independence Hall. Afterward a handsome 
wooden pedestal, with emblematic carvings and decorations, was 
prepared, upon which the bell was placed, and remained until 18/3, 
when the National Museum was fitted up in the west rooni, first 
story, which immediately before that time had been occupied by the 
Common Pleas Court. v -d + 

The clock originally used at the State-house was made by Peter 
Stretch, a city watch- and clock-maker, in 1759. The dials were dis- 
played at the eastern and western ends of the State-house building, 
showin- beneath the gables, with clock-faces, and an imitation of an 
old-fashioned standing eight-day clock-case, which extended to the 
ground This clock was sold, together with the old bell, which had 
belonged to the province, to the Roman Catholic church of St. 
Augustine, in Fourth street below Vine. The bell was placed m 
the cupola, and the clock in the tower showed the time to the neigh- 
borhood. Both clock and bell were destroyed when the church was 
burned in 1844. A new clock was made for the steeple, erected in 
1828-29, by Isaiah Lukens, a watch- and clock-maker of the city. 
When the State-house was sufficiently finished to be occupied, the 



102 INDEPENDENCE HALL. 

Assembly took possession of the east room on the first floor about 
the years 1735-36. The west room, first floor, was appropriated to 
the Supreme Court of the province, but was not ready for oecupaney 
until some years after the Assembly had been occupying the build- 
ing. The upper portion of the main building was probably occu- 
pied for offices. One room was reserved for the purpose of a ban- 
queting-room, and was generally a place of festivity on the arrival 
of new lieutenant-governors or proprietaries. 

When the Second Congress came to Philadelphia, in 1775, the assem- 
bly-room was occupied by that body, which remained there until the 
declaration of independence and under tlie confederation, with the 
exception of the time when the British occupied the city, until the 
removal to Princeton in 1783. The Assembly of the State of Penn- 
sylvania during this time must have found accommodation in some 
other room than the east room. Probably the west room on the first 
floor was occupied by the Assembly without interference with the Su- 
preme Court, which was not reorganized and in working order until 
the summer of 1777. The Supreme Court followed Congress in the oc- 
cupation of the east room, whilst the Mayor's Court occupied the west 
room. The District Court of the city and county, created in 1811, 
sat in the east room for some years. About 1823-24 it was resolved 
to restore the east room as nearly as possible to its ancient appearance, 
much of the wainscoting having been torn out and alterations made. 
The hall thus restored has generally been kept open for examina- 
tion by the curious and patriotic, although for a short period, some 
years ago, the Supreme Court was brought back again to the old 
chamber. 

In Independence Hall have been many notable receptions of 
eminent men. Among them were Lafayette upon his last visit to 
America in 1824, Presidents Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, 
Taylor, Pierce, Lincoln, Henry Clay, General Winfield Scott, and 

others. 

The bodies of prominent statesmen, in transportation to their places 
of burial, have frequently been laid in state within that chamber. 
Among them were John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Abraham Lin- 
coln, and many soldiers who fell on the battle-fields of the rebellion. 

The upper part of the State-house building, from 1802 to 1828-29, 
was occupied by Peale's museum of natural history and art. In 
1816 the State of Pennsylvania sold the State-house and buildings 
and the whole square to the city of Philadelphia, under the trust 
that it should be used for public purposes. The corridor and offices 
at the wings were torn down, and the present office wings were 
erected for the use of the county clerks and officers. The United 
States Circuit and District Courts occupied the second-story west 



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103 



room from 1828-29 until about 1854. In the latter year, the city and 
districts having been consolidated, the City Councils, which had for 
many years occupied the second story of the City Hall at Fifth and 
Chestnut streets, took possession of the upper stories of the State- 
house and fitted up two chambers for their accommodation. 

The State-house and yard have been during more than a century 
the scene of stirring events. In addition to the national memories 
connected with the Continental Congress and the War of Inde- 
pendence, it was the chief place where the people thronged in case 
of any excitement or rejoicing. Here, in 1752, the king's birthday 
was celebrated by a ball and supper. In 1754 Governor Eobert 
Hunter Morris also gave a ball and supper at the same place. Here 
were given many famous banquets; for instance, to Governor Denny 
in 1736, to the Earl of Loudon in 1757, to Richard Penn in 1771 and 
1773, to John Penn in 1773, and to the First Continental Congress in 
1774' which had met at Carpenters' Hall at the end of the session. 
Meetings to protest against the Stamp Act and the acts laying duties 
on paper, tea, etc., and meetings of consultation after the battle of 
Lexington, at which it was determined to resist British oppression with 
arms, were held at the State-house. In later years, political affairs, 
and patriotic, national. State and municipal concerns, have been the 
subjects of many meetings of great size and enthusiasm, which were 
held at the State-house and in front of the edifice. For many years 
the building was the place of annual elections, and thousands of 
citizens collected around the windows, which were used for polling- 
places, or traversed the walks of the square, alive with interest, ex- 
citement and anxiety as to the success or defeat of rival can- 
didates, and as to the triumph or misfortunes of principles which 
were then considered of paramount importance. 

During the battle of Germantown the State-house was made a 

hospital and prison. The American wounded and taken prisoners 

were carried to that building. Such of them as were uninjured 

were confined in some of the rooms, and the sick and wounded were 

treated by British surgeons wherever they happened to be. The 

British surgeons attended first to their own soldiers, and the wounded 

Americans were compelled to wait in suffering and agony. Deborah 

Logan, a daughter of James Logan, once secretary of Penn, member 

of the Provincial Council and Chief-Justice of Pennsylvania, thus 

describes the scene: ''Toward evening many wagons full of the 

wounded arrived in the city, whose groans and sufferings were 

enough to move the most inhuman wretch to pity. The American 

prisoners were carried to the State-house lobbies, and had, of course, 

to wait until the British surgeons had dressed the wounds of their 

own men. But in a very short time the streets were filled with the 



104 OLD CONGRESS HALL AND COURT-HOUSE. 

women of the city, carrying up every kind of refreshments which 
they might be supposed to want, with lint and linen and lights in 
abundance for their accommodation. A British officer stopped one 
of these women in my hearing, and not ill-natured but laughingly 
reproved her for so amply supplying the rebels, while nothing was 
carried to the English hospitals. ' Oh, sir,' replied she, ' it is in your 
power fully to provide for them, but we cannot see our own country- 
men suffer and not do something for them.' " 

Here, in July, 1778, Conrad Alexander Gerard, the first minister 
sent by France after the alliance with the American colonies, which 
treaty was the harbinger of ultimate triumph and independence, 
was received by Congress with formal and stately ceremonies; 
and here, on the third of November, 1781, twenty-four British 
standards and colors taken from the army under Cornwallis, which 
had surrendered at Yorktown, were laid at the feet of Congress 
amidst the shouts of the people and volleys of musketry, for they 
had been escorted to the door of the State-house by the volunteer 
cavalry of the city, and greeted by the huzzas of the people. 

OLD CONGRESS HALL AND THE COURT-HOUSE 
BUILDING. 

The building at the south-east corner of Sixth and Chestnut 
streets is now occupied in the first story on Chestnut street by 
the Commissioners of the Highway Department as an office. 
The first story south room is in use by the Court of Quarter 
Sessions. The north and soutli rooms, second story, are occu- 
pied by Common Pleas Court No. 4. 

At the corners of Fifth and Sixth streets, on Chestnut street, on the 
State-house square, before the Revolution, large wooden sheds were 
put up. One of them Avas used principally as a place of shelter for 
the deputations of the Indians which frequently visited the city. 
The other was sometimes devoted to storage. The Assembly of the 
province granted these corner lots some time before the Revolution 
to the city and county of Philadelphia. The lot at the corner of 
Sixth and Chestnut streets was intended to be used for court-houses, 
and the lot at Fifth and Chestnut streets for a city hall. Work 
upon the court-house at Sixth and Chestnut streets was commenced 
in 1787, and it was finished about 1790. Work upon the city hall 
was commenced in 1790, and it was finished in 1791. • The occupancy 
of the building at Sixth and Chestnut streets was given to Congress 
between 1790 and 1800, and that body occupied it entirely. The 
House of Representatives sat in the south room on the first floor, 



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105 



the Senate in the south room second floor. There was no door on 
Sixth street at that time, as the case is now. A hall or entry ran from 
the front door on Chestnut street to the entry containing the stair- 
ways. Offices were on each side of the hall and in the second story, 
and thev were occupied by oflicers and committees of Congress. 

In the chamber of the House of Representatives, President Wash- 
ington was inaugurated in 1793 for the second term, and John Adams 
as Vice-President ; and President Adams and Jefferson as Vice-Presi- 
dent in 1797. After Congress removed from Philadelphia, the build- 
ing was in use for court-rooms, as originally intended. The courts of 
Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas occupied the south room in the 
first story. The United States District and Circuit Courts had the south 
room in the second story. Subsequently the arched entrance from 
Sixth street was opened, the partitions forming the entry from Chest- 
nut street in the first story were taken down, and court-rooms made 
in the first and second stories fronting on Chestnut street. These 
were used by the Supreme Court, Court of Nisi Prius, Common Pleas 
and District Courts for the city and county of Philadelphia. 

THE CITY HALL. 
The building at the south-east comer of Fifth and Chestnut 
streets is occupied on the first floor as the Central Police Sta- 
tion, and by the offices of Chief of Police, Detective Depart- 
ment, Police Captains, Fire Marshal and the central office 
of the Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph. The second story 
is the general and private office of the Mayor, and office of the 
clerks of City Councils. 

The City Hall building was occupied, while the Federal Govern- 
ment was in Philadelphia, by the Supreme Court of the United States, 
under authority of the Chief- Justices John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth 
with their associate justices ; also by the United States Circuit Court, 
and by the United States District Court, of which Francis Hopkin- 
son, William Lewis and Richard Peters were judges. The Mayor's 
Court for the city was held in the south room, first story. City Coun- 
cils sat there from the time of the construction of the building until 
the consolidation of the city and districts in 1854. 

PHILOSOPHICAL HALL. 
Although the Hall of the American Philosophical Society 
is the property of that association, yet being situate on Inde- 
pendence Square, and being partially leased by the city for 



106 QUARTER SESSIONS COURT NEW CITY HALL. 

public purposes, it may be properly described here. The 
two court-rooms of Common Pleas Court JS'o. 1 are on the first 
story. The society occupies the upper stories entirely. 

The lot upon which the Philosophical Hall is built was granted 
to the society by the Commonwealth in 1785, and the building was 
erected in 1787. The American Philosophical Society takes its 
origin from the Junto, an association established in 1743 by Dr. 
Benjamin Franklin, Nicolas Scull, subsequently surveyor-general 
of the province, George Webb, one of the early poets of Pennsyl- 
vania, and others. From this association, in May, 1743, originated 
the American Philosophical Society. Another society, called the 
American Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, was founded in 
1766. The two were united in 1769, under the title of " The Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting 
Useful Knowledge." The first president of the society was Ben- 
jamin Franklin. He was succeeded by David Rittenhouse, the 
astronomer, Thomas Jefferson, afterward President of the United 
States, Prof Caspar Wistar, Prof Robert Patterson, Chief- Justice 
William Tilghman, and others. 

THE WINGS. 

The east wing of the State-house is occupied in the first 
story by ofiices of the Sheriff and Prothonotary of Supreme 
Court ; in second story by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
and Common Pleas Court No. 3. 

The west wing is occupied in first story by the offices of the 
Prothonotary of Common Pleas Courts, and in second story 
by Common Pleas Court No. 4. Access to these court-rooms 
is by stairway from a hall and passage in each wing opening 
upon Chestnut street. 

QUARTER SESSIONS COURT BUILDING. 
A very plain brick building, Sixth south of Chestnut, 
entrance from Sixth street. First story occupied by Clerk's 
Office, District Attorney and grand jury room ; second story, 
by the court-room ; upper story, by jury retiring-rooms. 

THE NEW CITY HALL. 
In April, 1870, a bill was passed by the Legislature of 
Pennsylvania authorizing the erection of new Public Build- 



108 THE NEW CITY HALL. 

ings for the use of the city of Philadelphia, the location 
to be selected by a vote of the people of the city. Penn 
Square at Broad and Market— a central and eligible locality 
—was designated by the ]>opular vote ; and subsequently it 
was determined to erect the great building at the intersec- 
tion, carrying Broad and Market streets round it. Work was 
commenced upon the squares to prepare them for the purposes 
intended on the 16th of August, 1871. The corner-stone was 
laid with appropriate ceremonies on the 4th of July, 1874, 
and an address delivered by Benjamin Harris Brewster, Esq., 
from which the following extracts are made, as affording the 
most truthful account of the building : " It is surrounded by 
a grand avenue 135 feet wide on the southern and eastern 
and western fronts, and 205 feet wide on the northern front. 
Its dimensions are 470 feet from east to west, and 486| feet 
from north to south, covering an area, exclusive of the court- 
yard, of nearly four and a half acres. It is probably larger 
than any single building on this continent. The superstruc- 
ture consists of a basement story 18 feet in height, a principal 
story of 36 feet, and an upper story of 31 feet, surmounted by 
another of 15 feet. The small rooms opening upon the court- 
yard are each subdivided in height into two stories, for the 
purpose of making useful all the space. The several stories 
will be approached by four large elevators, placed at the in- 
tersections of the leading corridors, to make easy the inter- 
course of citizens with courts, public offices and departments 
of city government. In addition to these means of access, 
there will be a grand staircase in each of the four comers of 
the building, and one in each of the centre pavilions on the 
north, south, west and east fronts. The entire structure 
will contain five hundred and twenty rooms. They will be 
fitted with every possible convenience, including heat, light 
and ventilation, and the whole building is to be absolutely 
fire-proof and indestructible. All of the departments now 
existing will be abundantly supplied, and a vast amount of 
surplus room will be left for judicial and other city archives, 
as well as afford room for all outgrowing wants. It is com- 



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109 



puted that the entire cost of this work will be near teu mil- 
lions of dollars, and that it will be completed in ten years 
from the 16th of August, 1871, when the ground was first 
broken. The materials consumed in constructing the founda- 
tion : 74,000 cubic feet of cement concrete ; 636,400 cubic feet 
of foundation stone; 800,000 bricks; 70,000 cubic feet of 
dressed granite ; and 366 tons of iron, including floor beams. 
The excavation for the cellars and foundations required the 
removal of 141,500 cubic yards of earth. The building will 
be occupied by the State and City Courts of Law, Mayor, City 
Councils, and municipal officers of varied functions." 

In the centre of the building a court-yard of 200 feet square 
affords Ught and air. From the north side of this space rises 
a grand tower, which will form a prominent object of interest 
from whatever point it may be approached ; its foundations 
^re laid on a bed of solid concrete, 8 feet thick, at the depth 
of 20 feet below the surface of the ground ; and its walls, which 
are at the base 22 feet in thickness, are built of dressed Vir- 
ginia granite, the blocks weighing from 2 to 5 tons each. This 
tower, which is so deeply and so strongly founded, is 90 feet 
square at the base, falling off at each story, until it becomes, 
at the spring of the dome, an octagon of 50 feet in diameter. 
A statue of William Penn, 20 feet in height, will crown the 
structure, and complete the extraordinary altitude of 450 feet, 
making it the highest tower in the world. 

PRISONS. 
The Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, a State institu- 
tion, is used for the confinement of prisoners convicted of 
the higher grades of crime in Philadelphia and the eastern 
portion of the State. It occupies a lot of about eleven acres, 
extending on Fairmount avenue from Corinthian avenue to 
Twenty-second street, and extending northward to Brown 
street. The front is 670 feet, and it is a magnificent specimen 
of the castellated style of architecture, having heavy square 
towers 65 feet high, a splendid arched gateway with portcullis, 
and central tower. This gateway is 27 feet high and 15 feet 
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110 PRISOI^S. 

wide. The main tower is 97 feet high. The portion of the 
building nearest to Fairmount avenue is used for offices and 
apartments by the inspectors, physicians and others. The 
prison buildings are distinct from this. They consist of a cen- 
tral building or observatory, which connects the corridors and 
cells which radiate from this central building as do the spokes 
from the hub of a wheel. They occupy a diameter of 400 feet. 
Each cell opens upon an entry or passage, and has attached to 
it a small yard or enclosure open to the sk}', to which the pris- 
oners may at any time have access. From the upper portion of 
the observatory the guards overlook all the con-idors and yards, 
so that any attempt to escape is hopeless. The Eastern Peni- 
tentiary was erected by authority of an act of Assembly of 
Pennsylvania. The corner-stone was laid on the 22d of May, 
1823, and the building was finished in 1829. The government 
of the establishment is by inspectors appointed by the Su- 
preme Court of Pennsylvania. The prison was intended to 
be conducted upon what was called the Pennsylvania plan 
of solitary confinement — a system which was theoretically 
supposed to be a perfect one for the reformation of convicts. 
Each prisoner was to be confined in a cell without companion, 
and he was to be excluded from all knowledge of the outward 
world. The advocates of this system argued with much force 
that the association of prisoners with each other, not unusual 
before the Pennsylvania plan was suggested, was productive of 
evil, and so demoralizing that young oifenders were hardened 
in crime, and passed beyond the hope of reformation. They 
were right in their theories, but their plans did not prove to 
be successful. Solitary confinement, strictly carried out, was 
found to be productive of insanity in prisoners, and this evil 
became so serious that gradual relaxation of the rules which 
govern the establishment was necessary. The system is still 
called solitary, but it is not so severe as formerly. On the 
contrary, overcrowding beyond the capacity of the prison has 
rendered it necessary, in many instances, to put two persons 
in one cell. The prisoners are taught various handicrafts, 
work at which they soon find to be a privilege rather than a 



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PRISONS. 



punishment. They are allowed to receive letters from and 
write letters to their friends under inspection of the officers. 
A library of 6000 volumes is open for their use, and several 
thousand newspapers are distributed among them annually. 
Cars of the Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway going 
west pass the Penitentiary. Tickets of admission are necessary, 
which may be procured from any inspector, or at the Public 
Ledger office, Sixth and Chestnut streets. 

The Philadelphia County or Moyamensing Prison is located 
on Passyunk road near Tenth street, just below Reed street, 
and comprises a massive square building, in the centre three 
stories in height, with wings on each side two stories in 
height, flanked by heavy octagonal towers, and having beyond 
these towers walls which terminate in bastions. The walls 
are of Quincy granite, and the building has the appearance 
of an invulnerable stronghold, and is of the Tudor style of 




MOYAMENSINQ PKISON. 

English Gothic castle architecture. At the north of the 
County Prison is a brownstone structure in heavy Egyptian 
style, which formerly was used as the debtors' apartment, but 
which is now occupied as a separate prison for females. In the 
prison there are 400 cells for males, and 100 cells for female 
prisoners. Permits can be obtained at the Mayor's office, 
corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets, and at the office of the 
PiibJic Ledger. The Tenth and Eleventh streets line of cars 
running south on Tenth street carries visitors to the prison. 
The County Prison, familiarly called Moyaraensing Prison, is the 



PRISONS. 113 

eighth building devoted to prison purposes in Philadelphia by 
authority of the county (the penitentiary being a State institution). 
Commencing with a cage 7 feet long, 5 feet broad and 7 feet high, 
which was built in 1683, the city and county passed on to two rented 
houses, occupied as prisons, one being on Second street north of Mar- 
ket street, adjoining Christ Church, and the other, Patrick Robinson's 
house, in Second street, exactly where is not now known. Between 
1686 and 1702 the first special building for prison purposes was 
erected in the middle of Market street, east of Second street. It was 
of the small size of 18 by 24 feet. It was succeeded by a building of 
considerable dimensions at the south-west corner of Third and Mar- 
ket streets, which was finished in 1723 and used for prison purposes 
until some time after the Revolution. A much larger building was 
projected before the outbreak of hostilities with Great Britain, at 
the south-east corner of Walnut and Sixth streets, and extending 
along the latter to Prune street and taking up half of the block. 
This building was finished about the beginning of the Revolution, 
but was not immediately used for county purposes. The Americans 
used the Walnut street prison during the Revolution for the confine- 
ment of prisoners of war; and when the British got possession of the 
city, in 1777, they incarcerated there the unfortunate Whigs who fell 
into their hands. Thrilling stories are told of the cruelties practiced 
there upon American prisoners under authority of the brutal British 
provost-marshal John Cunningham. In 1807 a fine large prison was 
built upon the south side of Arch street between Broad and Schuyl- 
kill Eighth streets, now Fifteenth street, which was intended to 
be used for state prisoners. There was difiiculty about its use, and 
finally it was appropriated to untried prisoners and debtors. The 
corner-stone of the Moyamensing Prison was laid on the 2d of April, 
1832. The building was finished in 1835. The prisoners were re- 
moved to it in 1835-6, and the Walnut and Arch streets prisons 
were torn down. The debtors' apartment, adjoining the County 
Prison, built in the Egyptian style, was finished at the same time 
as the larger building. 

The House of Refuge occupies a lot extending from Parrish 
street to Poplar street, and from Twenty-second street to 
Twenty -third street, with a building belonging to the same 
establishment at the north-eastern corner of Poplar and 
Twenty-second streets. The House of Refuge, erected by a 
society, was incorported in 1826 for " the employment of tlie 
idle, instruction of the ignorant and reformation of the de- 
praved." It has separate departments for boys and girls, and 
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114 PRISONS. 

a separate department for colored children. The number of 
inmates September 30, 1874, was 597. The buildings are of 
brick, and embrace workshops, dormitories and other apart- 
ments necessary for the comfort of the inmates, being spacious, 
well ventilated and warmed by steam. By acts of the State 
Legislature, the managers are authorized to receive and detain 
minors committed to their custody by the magistrates and the 
courts. The inmates are educated both physically and men- 
tally, and many of them are placed in good situations, or are 
bound out as apprentices to suitable masters. The sexes and 
colors are separated, and a classification is made of the good 
and the bad. Visitors are admitted with tickets, which may 
be had of any of the Board of Managers and at the Public 
Ledger office. Admission every afternoon except Saturday 
and Sunday. 

The corporation of the House of Refuge was originally composed 
of the most noted citizens for benevolence. They raised by sub- 
scription about $10,000. The State appropriated $10,000, and $5000 
yearly for five years. The managers bought a lot at the corner of 
Ridge road and Francis lane, now Fairmount avenue, occupying a 
full square of ground. They erected there workshops, cells, chapel 
and other buildings. The corner-stone was laid on the 21st of June, 
1827, and the building was opened on the 29th of November, 1828. 
About twenty years afterward the necessity of erecting a building 
for the accommodation of colored inmates was recognized, and the 
large lot between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, and 
Pa^rish and Poplar streets, was purchased. Some years afterward 
the boys' department was built there, and at a later period a special 
building for girls was erected at the corner of Twenty-second and 
Poplar streets, which was dedicated January 20, 1872. 

The House of Correction is situated on the south bank of 
Pennypack Creek at its junction with Delaware Eiver, east of 
Holmesburg, Twenty-third ward. It occupies a lot of ground 
of from two to three hundred acres in extent, which is ex- 
pected to be devoted to farming purposes and other means of 
employing the industry of the inmates. The buildings are 
very extensive, comprising a large main building, with keep- 
ers' residences and offices, a central building and eight exten- 
sive wings. In the central building, third story, is the Anchor 



116 PRISONS — THE MORGUE. 

of Hope chapel, which will hold 2500 persons. The building 
is intended for the reception of vagrants, drunkards and per- 
sons guilty of slight offences against the peace and good order 
of the community. This massive edifice was built by Richard 
J. Dobbins, under the direction of the city corporation. A 
portion of it was dedicated January 27, 1872, and the building 
was fully completed and opened January 15, 1874. Tickets of 
admission to the House of Correction may be had of any of 
the managers. Access by the Pennsylvania Eailroad from 
d6p5t Market street west of Thirty-second street, and by the 
Philadelphia and Trenton Eailroad depot, Front and Har- 
rison streets, to Holmesburg station. 

THE MORGUE. 
The finding of dead bodies of unknown persons in the 
rivers which flow by large cities or in the public streets is no 
uncommon thing. On such occasions the Coroner is gener- 
ally called upon to hold an inquest, and frequently the identity 
of the unfortunate individual is undiscovered. The Philadel- 
phia Morgue was arranged for the same purposes as the famous 
Morgue in Paris. It is a place to which dead bodies of un- 
known persons are taken, and where the public and friends 
of missing individuals may inspect the remains. They are 
disposed of for some days, when not recognized, in such 
manner as to show the countenances and preserve them from 
decay as long as possible. The Morgue is situated on the 
north side of Noble street, between Front street and Delaware 
avenue. Access may be had by the Callowhill street railway 
ears to Front and Callowhill streets, a short distance from the 

Morgue. 

THE PHILADELPHIA ALMSHOUSE. 

The Philadelphia Almshouse, usually called the Blockley 
Almshouse from the original name of the township in which 
when built it was situate, is on the west side of the river 
Schuylkill, south of the Darby road. Originally there were 
five main three-storied buildings, each 500 feet long, extending 
from the central building, which is imposing in appearance, 



THE PHILADELPHIA ALMSHOUSE. 117 

and adorned by a Tuscan portico of six pillars each 5 feet in 
diameter at the base and 30 feet high. The ground occupies 130 
acres. The buildings are devoted to the poor and sick, to the 
insane and to friendless children. The management is by a 
Board of Guardians elected by Councils. The Philadelphia 
Hospital, connected with the establishment, is the oldest in the 
United States, dating back to the year 1732. During the year 
1874, the average daily population of the Almshouse was 3764, 
and on some days it was 4055. Of these there were a daily 
average of 1080 in the insane department and 108 children in 
the asylum. The whole number of individuals in the estab- 
lishment during the year was 13,006. In the hospital 6433 
cases of disease were treated. The guardians also grant out- 
door relief in the various wards, and in 1874 that assistance 
was supplied to 23,669 families and 76,072 persons. The cost 
of maintaining the almshouse and outdoor poor during the 
year was $529,513.26. 

Access to the Almshouse by the Darby cars and the Chestnut 
and Walnut streets railway cars going west on Walnut street, 
and Darby road to Thirty-fourth street, from whence there is a 
direct passage south to the entrance lodges. Tickets for vis- 
itors may be had of the guardians, or at the city office. Seventh 
street above Filbert street, west side. 

The first almshouse was authorized to be built in 1731, and was 
finished in that year or the next. It occupied a square of ground 
bounded by Third and Fourth streets, Spruce and Pine streets ; and 
shortly after it was occupied, the attention to the sick who were 
among the inmates led to the establishment of the Philadelphia 
Hospital in connection with the institution, which has ever since 
been maintained as a branch of the establishment. The old alms- 
house became too small for the accommodation of the poor in the 
course of thirty years. In 1766 a new plan of operation was adopted 
by the creation of a corporation benevolent in cliaracter, which was 
entitled " The Contributors to the Relief and Employment of the 
Poor in the City of Philadelphia." This association, assisted by the 
corporation of the city, purchased a lot of ground between Spruce 
and Pine streets and Tenth and Eleventh streets, upon which was 
erected two buildings, together 180 feet front. The buildings were 
four stories high. A house of employment or woi'khouse was con- 
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118 ALMSHOUSE— LAZARETTO. 

nected with it, in which various kinds of fabrics, woollen and cotton 
goods were made. The almshouse when first opened had acommoda- 
tion for about 400 persons, and was reserved for the poor of the city, 
Southwark, Moyamensing and Northern Liberties. After the Revo- 
lution the corporation which had built the almshouse was dissolved, 
and a Board of Guardians of the Poor instituted. Considerable 
additions were made to the property, which was generally called 
the " Bettering House." The building on the west side of the river 
Schuylkill was authorized to be constructed about 1829, and was 
finished and occupied about 1835. 

LAZARETTO. 

The Lazaretto is situated on Tinicum Island, which is 
formed by Darby Creek and Plum Hook Creek and the 
Delaware River. The two former streams are so small that 
substantially it may be said that the Lazaretto is on the west 
bank of the Delaware Eiver, about twelve miles south of 
Philadelphia and four miles north of Chester. It occupies 
an area of about 12 acres of ground, which was purchased in 
1806. The buildings consist of a main edifice and two wings 
180 feet in width by 60 feet in depth. Also residences of the 
physician and quarantine master, kitchen, barn and other 
buildings, including a large building for the temporary lodging 
of emigrants not sick. The Board of Health has control of 
the Lazaretto and the hospital attached. There is a Lazaretto 
physician and a quarantine master, who reside at the Lazaretto 
during the quarantine season, which extends from the 1st of 
June to the 1st of October of each year. All vessels from for- 
eign parts arriving in quarantine season are obliged to stop at 
the Lazaretto, and receive a visit from the physician and quar- 
antine master. If the inspection is satisfactory, the vessels pass 
on but upon reaching the city are subject to the visit of the port 
physician and health officer. If at the Lazaretto the vessel is 
found to have sick on board who are afflicted with pestilential 
or contagious disease, it is detained. The sick are removed to 
the hospital, which has large and airy wards and 100 beds. 

Adjoining the Lazaretto, the United States government 
has an inspection station occupying about 9 acres of land, 

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LAZARETTO — PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 119 

goods when necessary. The Lazaretto is an attractive-looking 
place, surrounded by fine shade trees and fanned by cool 
breezes from the Delaware River. It is during the quaran- 
tine season comfortable, and by the natural advantages of 
the situation afibrds some compensation to the passenger 
who may be detained there. 

Access to the Lazaretto may be had by the Philadelphia 
and Chester branch of the Reading Railroad. There is a 
station on the property. Permits can be obtained at the 
Heath Office, corner of Sixth and Sansom streets 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

The public schools in Philadelphia are supported by taxa- 
tion, and are conducted for the education of the children 
of residents of the city. They are governed by a Board of 
Education and by School Directors in the various sections. 
The latter are elected annually by citizens, and have the- 
supervision of the schools within their respective jurisdic- 
tions, the appointment of teachers, the payment of expenses 
and all executive matters of administration. The Board of 
Education is composed of Controllers, one for each section, 
who are appointed by the Common Pleas courts. The Board 
has general supervision of the whole school system, the sup- 
ply of the wants of the respective sections and the ordering 
of all matters which are for the benefit of general education. 
The schools are graded and divided into primary, secondary, 
consolidated and grammar, which are established in the 
various sections, a high school for boys, in which the course 
is of a collegiate character, and a normal school for girls, 
which latter, however, is devoted to the education of young 
women who expect to be teachers. There are 29 sections in 
Philadelphia. Each section is provided with school-build- 
ings, some of them having as many as ten separate school- 
houses. Altogether, there were at the beginning of the 
year 1875, 182 school-buildings, which had cost to erect 
$3,469,700, the lots being worth $1,825,419. Total real estate 
value, $5,295,119 ; value of school furniture, $289,550. Total 



120 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

value of school property, $5,554,969. For the support of these 
schools in 1874 the expense was $1,607,736.91. The number 
of schools were 426, and including night-schools, 467. These 
schools were graduated as follows : 1 central high school for 
boys, 1 normal school for girls, 60 grammar-schools, 29 con- 
solidated schools, 121 secondary schools, 212 primary, 41 
night-schools. The number of teachers employed in these 
day-schools was 1776, and including night-schools, total, 1991. 
The number of pupils in attendance at the public schools 
was, including night-schools, 108,631. 

The subject of education has always received much attention in 
Pennsylvania. William Penn said in his frame of government : " Let 
men be good, and the government cannot be bad : if it be ill, they 
will cure it ; but if men be bad, let the government be never so good 
they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. Those, there- 
fore, who make a good government must keep it. . . . That, there- 
fore, which makes a good constitution must keep it — namely, men 
of wisdom and virtue, qualities that, because they descend not with 
worldly inheritances, must be carefully propagated by a virtuous 
education of youth." Schools were set up in Philadelphia shortly 
after the settlement, and in 1689 Penn chartered the Philadelphia 
public school, which was afterward much enlarged. It was partly 
for the children of those who could afford to pay for their education, 
but it was also said to be " for the education of the children of the 
poor gratis." In 1711 the charter was greatly extended, and the 
" overseers of the public schools," as they were called, in that year or 
immediately afterward, built two school-house buildings on Fourth 
street below Chestnut, which venerable establishments remained there 
until within a recent period. These schools were academical, and un- 
til the charter of the College of Philadelphia the best which Pennsyl- 
vania afforded. Many eminent men were teachers there, among them 
the celebrated George Keith, Robert Proud, the historian of Penn- 
sylvania, and Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental 
Congress. The constitution of Pennsylvania of 1776 provided for the 
establishment of schools in each county by the legislature " for the 
convenient instruction of youth." The constitution of 1790 repeated 
this declaration, with the addition that the legislature shou^ld provide 
for the schools " in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis." 
The })rovision in regard to a gratis education was gradually increased 
in effect until the object was reached. At first it was settled by law 
that the respective counties might pay for the education of children 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



121 



whose parents declared that they were too poor to pay for their school- 
ing. This was invidious and unpopular. Gradually the feeling ex- 
tended to the acknowledgment of the principle that it was the duty 
of the State to furnish the means of general education at the public 
expense, raised by the taxation of citizens, and that to the schools all 
children of residents of the State, whether rich or poor, should be 
admitted as a right, and not as a charity. In 1818 an act " to pro- 
vide for the education of children at the public expense within the 
city and county of Philadelphia " was passed, Lancasterian schools 
were soon established, and Joseph Lancaster himself, the founder 
of the system, was brought on from England in order to superintend 
them. This system in the course of a few years was found to be de- 
fective, and was abolished. Afterward various changes were made, 
and the system under controllers and school directors enlarged and 
made more comprehensive. 

The Central High School for boys is situated at the S. E. 
corner of Broad and Green streets. It is a solid brick build- 
ing of simple arcliitectural style, and has a central tower 
and observatory. The building is fitted up with class-rooms, 




CENTRAIi HIGH SCHOOL,. 

lecture-rooms and other apartments, and the observatory is 
provided with a set of astronomical instruments, which are 
found to be useful and sufficient for ordinary purposes. The 
course of instruction includes astronomy, physiology, geom- 
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122 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

etry, physics, chemistry, political economy, trigonometry, 
logic, rhetoric, mechanical and engineering drawing, Latin 
and German, and is intended to be solid, so as to fit the grad- 
uates for the practical duties of life. In 1874 there were 605 
pupils in the high school, 14 professors and 2 assistants. 
The cost of the institution for the year 1874 was $45,270.56. 

The Central High School was established by act of Assembly, and 
the corner-stone laid upon a lot on the east side of Juniper street 
below Market, on the 19th of September, 1837. The building was 
of white marble and handsome in appearance. It was finally sold 
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ,which erected a depot there. 
The new building Broad and Green streets was dedicated 25th of 
June, 1854. 

The Girls' Normal School is at present situate in a building 
much too small for the purpose, in Sergeant street between 
Ninth and Tenth streets. This place will soon be abandoned. 
The new building for the school is situate at the north-east 
corner of Spring Garden and Seventeenth streets. It is 116 
feet on Spring Garden street by 158 feet on Seventeenth street, 
leaving a space east and north of it for yards. The building is 
of serpentine greenstone, trimmed with light Ohio sandstone 
for window-sills, window-heads, quoins, etc. The doorways in 
the centre of each front are surmounted by stone balconies. 
There are three main stories, a Mansard attic and a central 
tower 92 feet high. The building contains numerous class- 
rooms, lecture-rooms, recitation-rooms and other apartments. 
The cost of the lot was $44,144, and the appropriation for the 
building was $158,788. The number of pupils in normal 
school in 1874 was 605; cost of maintaining this school, 
$13,731.53. The tuition is under charge of a principal and 
12 teachers. 

The Grammar Schools. — As we have said, there were 182 
buildings occupied by public schools in Philadelphia at the 
beginning of 1875. The oldest of these are of brick, but all 
of those erected within the last ten or fifteen years are of some 
kind of stone, and although not elaborate in architecture are 
appropriate in design and appearance, and calculated to 
attract the attention of visitors. They are usually of three 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 123 

Stories in height; most of them have accommodations for 
several hundred children. Strangers require no permits to 
visit the public schools. They will be received by the teach- 
ers with politeness, and afforded conveniences for witnessing 
the exercises and recitations. 

The following are the principal school-houses in the various 
sections: First section, south-east corner of Seventh and 
Dickinson streets; Second, George W. Nebinger grammar- 
school, Carpenter street above Sixth; Third, Mount Vernon, 
Catharine street between Third and Fourth; Fourth, Ring- 
gold, north-east corner of Eighth and Fitzwater streets; 
Fifth, George M. Wharton, Third street below Pine; Sixth, 
North-western, corner of Crown and Race streets; Seventh, 
South-western, corner of Seventeenth and Pine streets; 
Eighth, Locust Street, corner of Twelfth and Locust streets ; 
Ninth, Keystone, Nineteenth street above Chestnut; Tenth, 
North-western, Race street below Fifteenth ; Eleventh, North- 
ern Liberties, Third street below Green; Twelfth, Mifflin 
(secondary), Third street above Brown ; Thirteenth, Wyoming, 
corner of Sixth street and Fairmount avenue; Fourteenth, 
Monroe, Wood street below Twelfth ; Fifteenth, Lincoln, cor- 
ner of Twentieth street and Fairmount avenue ; Sixteenth, Jef- 
ferson, Fifth street above Poplar ; Seventeenth, J. R. Ludlow, 
corner of Master and Lawrence streets ; Eighteenth, Vaughn, 
Marlborough street above Thompson; Nineteenth, William 
H. Hunter, corner of Dauphin and Mascher streets; Twen- 
tieth, Penn, Park avenue below Master street ; Twenty -first, 
Manayunk, Green lane below Wood street; Twenty-second, 
Rittenhouse, Rittenhouse street, Germantown; Twenty-third, 
Henry Herbert, Frankford avenue near Foulkrod street, 
Frankford ; Twenty-fourth, Belmont, Forty-first and Oregon 
streets; Twenty-fifth, H. W. Halliwell, Frankford road and 
Helen street; Twenty-sixth, Edwin M. Stanton, corner of 
Seventeenth and Christian streets; Twenty-seventh, Newton, 
Thirty-eighth and Spruce streets; Twenty-eighth, Forest 

(consolidated). Falls of Schuylkill; Twenty-ninth, Reynolds, 

Twentieth and Jefferson streets. 



124 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Many of the secondary-school buildings are as handsome as 
the grammar-schools. Among them may be named : Thaddeus 
Stevens, Seventeenth street above Fairmount avenue; Adams, 
on Adams street near Amber; Spencer Roberts, Twenty- 
first and Mill streets ; William S. Peirce, Twenty-fourth and 
Christian streets ; Oakdale, corner of Eleventh and Hunting- 
don streets ; Feltonville, corner of Second street and Fisher's 
lane; Tacony, at Tacony; Wilmot, Cherry and Meadow 
streets, Frankford; Camac, corner of Thirteenth street and 
Susquehanna avenue ; L. H. Smith, corner of Fifth and Sny- 
der streets ; Horace Binney, Spruce street below Sixth ; Alfred 
Crease, Eittenhousetown ; Germantown, Adams street; El- 
wood, at Milestown ; Martha Washington, Forty-fourth and 
•Huron streets; Jesse George, Sixty-third and Hamilton 
streets ; Jeremiah Nichols, corner of Sixteenth and Wharton 
streets; Muhlenberg, corner of Seventeenth and Master 
streets ; George G. Meade, corner of Seventeenth and Oxford 
streets ; Weccacoe, corner of Second and Eeed streets ; Whar- 
ton, Fifth street below Washington avenue ; Fletcher, Chris- 
tian street above Front ; Fagen, Twelfth street below Fitzwa- 
ter ; James Forten grammar-school for colored children. Sixth 
street above Lombard; Hollingsworth, Locust street above 
Broad ; Filbert Street, Filbert street above Seventh ; Chester 
Street, Chester street above Race ; New Market, New Market 
street above Noble; Hancock, Fairmount avenue above 
Twelfth street; Harrison, Master street above Second; Co- 
hocksiuk, Fourth street and Montgomery avenue; Rutledge, 
corner of Seventh and Norris streets; Chestnut Hill, High- 
land avenue ; Mantua, Haverford street above Thirty -fifth. 



CHAPTER VI. 

U. S. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND OFFICES. 

THE UNITED STATES CUSTOM-HOUSE AND SUB- 
TREASURY. 

THE building now occupied as a custom-house is situated 
upon tlie south side of Chestnut street between Fourth and 
Fifth, and extends to Libraiy street. It is of white marble with 
porticoes, and was originally constructed for the United States 
Bank. It is modelled after the Parthenon at Athens, and is 
considered one of the finest specimens of Doric architecture 
in the world. The corner-stone of this structure was laid 
April, 1819, and the building was finished in 1824. The ter- 
race upon which the edifice is built is 119 feet wide and 225 
feet deep, with yard space on either side. The main building, 
with the steps and approaches, is 87 feet front by 187 feet 
deep. A massive portico of 8 columns 27 feet high, support- 
ing a pediment, gives to the front an imposing appearance 
which attracts the attention of strangers. A similar portico is 
in the rear. The main business-room extends from east to 
west, is 48 feet wide and 81 feet deep. An arched ceiling with 
moulded panels supported on marble Ionic columns finishes the 
apartment. It is 35 feet from the floor to the crown of the arch. 

The northern portion of the building, including the main 
hall, is appropriated to the use of the Custom-house, with 
apartments for the various officers. The portion of the build- 
ing which fronts on Library street is occupied by the United 
States Treasury department as a sub-treasury office. 

The principal business transacted in the Custom-house de- 
partment is connected with tlie collection of the revenues 
upon imported goods, (he adjustments of duties, etc. 

11 * 125 



XJ. S. CUSTOM-HOUSE, ETC. 127 

The baggage of passengers arriving direct in Philadelphia 
from foreign countries is examined on board the vessel in the 
river or in dock, and the regulations in reference to what is 
dutiable are printed and supplied to passengers in advance by 
the officers of the ship. 

UNITED STATES TREASURER'S OFFICE. 

The assistant treasurer of the United States receives the 
revenues and moneys which are payable to the Federal gov- 
ernment. He is also the disbursing officer for all amounts 
due from the government. In this connection particularly 
are to be noted the operations of the office in regard to the 
debt of the United States, the transfer of loans and bonds, 
and the payment of interest to bondholders when due. 

This building is open to visitors from 9 to 3 o'clock. They 
can enter freely and examine the interior allotted to the 
public. Chestnut street cars going east pass this building. 

By the charter of Pennsylvania the right of the king to collect 
the royal customs was reserved, and collectors of revenue were ap- 
pointed immediately after the settlement of the city. A succession 
of king's collectors of customs guarded this interest until the Revo- 
lution. They were succeeded by collectors appointed by the author- 
ity of the State of Pennsylvania. Upon the formation of the Fed- 
eral government a collector was appointed by President Washington. 
Sharp Delaney, who had held the office under the State, was ap- 
pointed under the new government. The offices of the collectors 
during early times were at their own residences or stores. The 
United States rented for Custom-house purposes Carpenters' Hall 
in 1802. It was occupied for that purpose until January 1, 1S17, 
when the first Custom-house building erected in this city was opened 
on the west side of Second street below Dock, at the corner of Elms- 
lie's alley. It was a plain building of marble and brick, somewhat 
odd in appearance. It was occupied until 1845, when the United 
States Bank building was bought by the government. 

UNITED STATES APPRAISER'S BUILDING. 
The necessity of having some building for storage purposes 
connected with the customs department, to be used as a ware- 
house in which imported goods could be received and ap- 



128 U. S. appraiser's building — POST-OFFICE. 

praised and duties adjusted, led to the construction of the 
massive warehouse building which extends from Second to 
Dock street above Walnut. It is five stories in height, solidly 
built of brick and iron, no combustible material being used 
in it. Mr. MuUett, formerly supervising architect of the 
Treasury, has said that this is the only thoroughly fireproof 
building in the United States. This building was completed 
and put in use in 1871. 

POST-OPPICE. 
The building now used as the post-office is located on 
Chestnut street, on the south side, between Fourth and Fifth 
streets, immediately west of the Custom-house. The front is 
marble, the building in the French style, and is of pleasing 
appearance. 

The building is insufficient for the proper accommodation 
of the mail service, and the officers impatiently wait for the 
completion of the fine new building which is to be erected 
for the use of the post-office and the United States on the lot 
of ground extending from Chestnut to Market on the west 
side of Ninth street. 

The Philadelphia post-office delivered in the year 1874 by 
the hands of 207 carriers and the office window-clerks, 
16,728,429 mail letters and 8,796,943 local letters, 6,883,714 
newspapers, total, 35,986,514. This is an increase since the 
year 1870 of more than fifteen millions of missives. The 
collection service of letters to be sent through the post-office, 
including newspapers and postal cards, amounted in 1874 to 
26,937,979. The increase here in five years was more than 
twelve millions of letters, etc. The sales of stamps, stamped 
envelopes, etc., in 1874 was little over $900,000. The money- 
order business of the year was $761,079.58; orders issued to 
over 38,000 persons, and $2,259,379.10 paid to more than 
172,000 persons. Over 89,000 registered letters were received 
for city delivery, and over 28,000 letters registered to be sent 
away. 

For the accommodation of the public, letter-boxes are 



POST-OFFICE — U. S. CX)URTS. 129 

placed in the streets of the city, usually affixed to lamp-posts 
and at distances of every two or three squares. Letters can 
be deposited in these boxes by persons in the neighborhood. 
Several collections are made of such letters by the post-office 
carriers during each day. The letters are then taken to the 
post-office and mailed. The hours of collection are painted 
upon the boxes. Letters properly stamped are delivered with- 
out ftirther charge. To expedite the service the department is 
supplied with a considerable number of post-wagons, by means 
of which the carriers are taken with speed to their respective 
routes and brought back to the office after their work is done. 

Lists of letters uncalled for are published in the daily 
papers once a week. 

The city of Philadelphia is a post-office district. Single 
letters can be sent from any part of the city to any other 
part by affixing a two-cent stamp. Postal cards, of course, 
will attain the same objects. 

The sub post-offices in the city are as follows : 

West Philadelphia, Frankford, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, 
Manayunk, Tacony, Holmesburg, Torresdale, Byberry, Bus- 
tleton, Somerton, Oxford Church, Fox Chase, Milestown, 
Verree's Mills, Wheat Sheaf, Crescentville. 

UNITED STATES COURTS. 
The upper portion of the post-office building is appropri 
ated to the use of the United States circuit and district 
courts, United States district attorney, marshal and court 
clerks. The entrance to this portion of the building is upon 
Library street. The clerks of the two courts occupy the 
front room, second story. The court-room is immediately in 
the rear. The offices of the United States district attorney 
and United States marshal are near the Chestnut street 
front. The upper portion of the building is occupied for 
jury-rooms, etc. 

This is the first building erected by the United States government 
in Philadelphia for the accommodation of the post-office and United 
States courts. It was built by alteration of other buildings, and 

I 



130 U. S. COURTS — NEW POST-OFFICE. 

opened February 26, 1863. The first postmaster in the city under the 
Crown was Andrew Hamilton, who in 1697 was appointed postmaster- 
general of America, and had his office in Philadelphia. Among his 
successors in the city post-office were the two famous printers Andrew 
Bradford and Benjamin Franklin. William Franklin, son of the 
latter, afterward governor of New Jersey under the Crown, held the 
office for some time. At the outbreak of the Eevolution Benjamin 
Franklin was appointed postmaster-general for America, and his 
deputy for the city was Richard Bache, his son-in-law, who subse- 
quently became postmaster-general. With the accession of the 
Federal government came the appointment of a new postmaster, 
Colonel Robert Patton, who held the office for twenty-five years. 
The locations of the post-offices in early times were at the residences 
or business-places of the postmasters. Bradford and Franklm kept 
it in the printing-office of each. From 1834 to 1854 it was at the 
Philadelphia Exchange, in Dock street. In the latter year it re- 
moved to Jayne's building, opposite, where it remained until it occu- 
pied the present building in 1862. 

The court of admiralty under the Crown, the predecessor of the 
United States district court, was generally held in the buildings occu- 
pied by the provincial courts before the Revolution. The Federal 
courts occupied the State court-rooms afterward. While the Federal 
government was in Philadelphia the United States courts sat in the 
City Hall, Fifth and Chestnut streets. Subsequently they were in 
the court-rooms at Sixth and Chestnut streets. They occupied the 
second story of Independence Hall several years. In 1854 they 
were transferred to Philosophical Hall, in Fifth street below Chest- 
nut street, and in 1862 to the present location. Some very eminent 
men have been judges of admiralty and of the Federal courts. 
Among them may be mentioned : before the Revolution, Andrew 
Hamilton and Edward Shippen ; during the Eevolution, George 
Ross and Francis Hopkinson, both signers of the Declaration of In- 
dependence. Under the Federal government, Richard Peters of 
Belmont was judge of the district court from 1792 to 1829. 

NEW POST-OFFICE. 

This building, located on the corner of Ninth and Chestnut 
streets, will occupy the site of the mansion finished in 1797 
for the use of the President of the United States, which was 
afterward purchased by the University of Pennsylvania, used 
for some years, and then replaced by two new buildings. The 
cost of the new post-office is limited in the act of Congress at 



KEW POST-OFFICE UNITP:D STATES MTNT. 131 

$4,000,000. The style of architecture adopted is the French 
Renaissance. The building will be four stories in height, and 
surmounted by a large dome constructed of iron. The prin- 
cipal material used for this building will be granite. The 
dimensions will be: length, 428 feet; depth, 152 feet; height 
to top of dome, 184 feet. The main entrance will be on Ninth 
street, and a broad space dedicated to public use will set the 
building back from the street. The lower floor and basement 
will be reserved for the purposes of the post-office. The 
upper stories are to be occupied by the United States courts, 
clerks and law-offices and the offices of internal revenue, navy 
agent, pension agents, assistant quartermasters of the army 
and others. 

THE UNITED STATES MINT. 

A marble building, with a Grecian portico, on the north 
side of Chestnut street, north-west corner of Juniper street, 
east of Broad street. 

It is open every day to visitors from 9 A. m. to 12 M. (Ex- 
cept Sundays.) 

Visitors on entering are received by the doorkeeper and 
placed in charge of conductors, who show them: 1. The de- 
posit-room, where the gold and silver bullion is received and 
weighed. 2. The copper-melting room, where ingots are cast 
for the minor coinage. 3. The gold and silver melting room, 
where the precious metals are melted and cast into ingots, or 
short, narrow bars with a wedge-end convenient for rolling. 
4. The rolling and cutting room, where the ingots are rolled 
into strips of the proper thickness for the different denomina- 
tions of coin and the planchets or blanks cut out by machin- 
ery. 5. The coining room. All on the main floor. 

From here visitors are taken to the cabinet of coins, a suite 
of rooms on the second story, over the vestibule, containing 
the largest and most valuable collection of coins and medals 
in the United States, some of the coins dating back to 1000 
and 2000 years before the Christian era. Among them is the 
"widow's mite," found near the site of the temple at Jeru- 
salem. 



THE UNITED STATES MINT. 



133 



There are other departments of the Mint on the first and 
second stories and in the basement that are not open to the 
public. The building contains twelve strong vaults, securely 
locked. A most vigilant oversight is maintained during 
working-hours; and after the Mint is closed and through the 
night the establishment is in charge of a strong force of 
picked watchmen, who are well supplied with firearms and 
other means of protection and defence. 




COTJET-YARD, UNITED STATES MINT. 

The operations and beautiful and costly machinery of the 
Mint are well worth seeing. 

The Mint was established by the act of Congress of the 2d 
of April, 1792, and a building soon after erected on the east 
side of Seventh street above Market street for its use. (See 
Chapter XXVII.) The first director was David Rittenhouse, 
LL.D., appointed by President Washington, April 14, 1792. 

The first United States coinage was as follows: Copper 
V2 



134 THE UNITED STATES MINT. 

cents in 1793, silver dollars in 1794, and gold eagles in 1795. 
The machinery and metal first used were imported, the cop- 
per coming from England, and difficult to get. 

The work of the Mint was done by hand or horse power up 
to the year 1816, when steam was introduced. 

In 1797, 1798 and 1799, and 1802-3, the Mint frequently 
suspended operations on account of yellow fever. 

The corner-stone of the present building was laid July 4, 
1829, by Samuel Moore, then director; but it was not occupied 
until May, 1833. It was made fireproof in 1854, and the 
interior has been frequently altered. 

This Mint has a world-wide reputation as one of the fore- 
most institutions of its kind. The first gold received from 
California was deposited here December 8, 1848, by Mr. 
Daniel Carter, who brought it from San Francisco by the 
Panama route. It weighed 1804.09 ounces troy, its value 
being $18.01 per ounce. 

The coinage executed at the Philadelphia Mint during the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, was as follows : 

No, of Pieces. Value. 

Gold ^88,330 $17,664,937.50 

^Cr ■■:::..:: 10,329,600 2,627,240.50 

Copper and nickel.... 18^25^ 494^050lOO 

Total 30,142,930 $20,786,228.00 

Fine bars for commercial purposes made at this Mint during 
the same year were : 

Fine gold bars $ 62,025.41 

Fine silver bars 116,046.21 

Total $178,071.92 

The total amount of gold and silver deposits and purchases, 
coins struck and stamped bars manufactured at the Mint and 
branches and the assay offices during the fiscal year above 
specified was $66,849,714.31. 

The ao-gregate coinage of the Mint and branches from 
1794 to June 30, 1873, was $973,967,651.65; bars, $308,602,- 
935.50; total coinage and bars, $1,282,570,587.15— nearly 
$1,300,000,000. 



UNITED STATES ARSENALS. 135 

UNITED STATES ARSENALS. 
The United States has two arsenals at Philadelphia. One 
of these has ceased, however, to be a storehouse for arms, but 
is devoted to the purposes of a dep6t of supplies of clothing 

for the use of troops. 

The Frankford Arsenal, usually so called, is sometimes known 

as the Bridesburg Arsenal, it being situate in immediate 
proximity to that portion of the city once known as Brides- 
burg. The location is upon Tacony road and Bridge street, 
with a front upon Frankford Creek, and extending a quarter 
of a mile to the river Delaware. The ground contains sixty- 
two acres and eighty-two roods. On this property are two 
brick houses used for offices, four buildings for barracks and 
quarters, eight storehouses of brick and stone, 12 frame labo- 
ratories, a magazine which will hold one thousand barrels of 
poAvder, machine shop, rolling mill, hospital, dispensary and 
other buildings. The establishment is subject to military 
discipline, and under command of a line officer of the United 
States army. At this arsenal are manufactured blank and 
ball cartridges, rifles, carbines and revolving pistols. Also 
standard gauges, scales, weights, calipers and other instru- 
ments of precision which are used in the various government 
shops throughout the country. Occasionally ordnance is 
manufactured here, the most noted article of which is the 
great Woodbridge steel and bronze gun, weighing twenty-two 
tons, and constructed as an experiment at the expense of the 
government, and which cost nearly a quarter of a million of 
dollars. The capacity of the establishment is enormous. 
During the fiscal year 1874-5 there were manufactured here 
over ten millions and a half of cartridges and other articles, 
worth, according to estimate, excluding the cost of the Wood- 
bridge gun, $270,695.13. The grounds are handsomely laid 
out, and are attractive in appearance, being shaded with fine 
trees and having smooth lawns and several flower gardens. 
There are several curiosities upon the grounds, among them 
some cannon highly decorated with fancy moulding, flowers, 
etc., trophies taken from the English and French during the 



136 UNITED STATES ARSENALS. 

wars with those nations. Access to this Arsenal may be had 
by the Second and Third streets passenger railway, Bridesburg 
branch line. 

The first purchase of land for the purpose of this Arsenal, over 
twenty acres, was made in 1816, and ofiicers' quarters, storehouses, 
magazine, hospital and other buildings were erected. In 1837 an 
additional purchase of over three acres was made, and in 1849 
about thirty-nine acres additional were bought, which gave to the 
establishment a front upon the river Delaware. An explosion at 
this arsenal November 5, 1861, killed two persons and wounded one. 
An explosion took place on the 7th of August, 1875, by which two 
persons were killed and twenty-one wounded. It was the result of 
carelessness on the part of one of the victims. 

The Schuylkill Arsenal is situated at the Gray's Ferry road, 
between Carpenter and Washington streets, and occupies 
about eight acres. There are four principal buildings of 
brick, and the grounds are shaded and pleasant. The estab- 
lishment is a great workshop and storehouse of clothing for 
soldiers, and includes everything connected with the uniform- 
coats, shirting, pantaloons, stockings, overcoats, shoes, gloves, 
mittens, caps, helmets, plumes and cap ornaments ; also bed- 
ding, blankets, tents and other articles. An immense amount 
of made-up goods is constantly on storage. The services of 
men and women for making up the goods are necessary. 
From seven hundred to twelve hundred women are employed 
constantly in this work, and from a hundred to a hundred and 
fifty men. The disbursements for material and wages are 
very large, having frequently been from fourteen million to 
twenty million dollars a year. 

At this Arsenal the visitor will be shown a very curious 
museum of wax figures clothed in the various uniforms which 
have been in use in the United States army from the time 

vvnen 

" In their ragged regimentals 

Stood the old Continentals, 

Yielding not." 

The cars of the Spruce and Pine streets railway pass the 
Arsenal. 



U. S. ARSENALS AND NAVY-YARDS. 137 

The ground upon which this arsenal was built was purchased by 
the Secretary of War in 1800 without any appropriation by Congress, 
as was the navy-yard on the Delaware at the same time. Much cen- 
sure v/as expressed in Congress upon the subject, but the Secretary 
defended himself upon the argument that he could not maintain a 
navy (at that time the navy was within the jui'isdiction of the War 
Department) without a navy-yard in which to repair vessels of war, 
nor could the army be maintained without arsenals or a laboratory, 
which the ground on the Schuylkill was intended for. The first 
buildings were erected at this place shortly after 1800. 

THE UNITED STATES NAVY-YARD. 

Up to a very recent period the only navy-yard of the United 
States in Philadelphia was situated on the Delaware River a 
short distance below Washington street and the wharves of 
the American Steamship Company. Such rapid progress has 
been made in removing the navy-yard from this place to the 
League Island naval station that the latter will be occupied 
entirely by the beginning of 1876. 

League Island lies immediately south of that portion of 
the city which is between the Delaware and the Schuylkill 
Rivers, and its western boundary is opposite the mouth of 
the Schuylkill. Its distance from Independence Hall is about 
seven miles. The island is about two miles and a quarter in 
length from east to west, and from a quarter to a half mile in 
width. Broad street, if continued, would pass across the centre 
of it. The government property consists of 923 acres, in- 
cluding the back channel and Government avenue. The 
water in front of it is twenty-six feet deep at the quay wall 
on the Delaware, and the river at that point is 2800 feet wide 
and ample for all government purposes. The back channel 
is a safe and commodious harbor, in which are moored a large 
number of iron-clad monitors and other vessels out of the 
reach of floating ice in the winter. Upon the island are sev- 
eral large and substantial brick buildings. The iron-plat- 
ing shop, two stories in height, is 270 feet in length and 85 
feet wide. The yards and dock-building, two stories high, is 
230 feet long by 65 feet wide. The steam-engineering store- 
house is 400 feet long by 65 feet wide. There are various 



138 TT. S. NAVY-YARD — U. S. NAVAL ASYLUM. 

other buildings in the yard. The floating dry-dock basin 
will occupy thirty-one acres; repairing-basin, 39 acres; fitting- 
out-basin, 40 acres ; storage dock-basin, 7 acres. Large spaces 
of ground will be devoted to the purposes of the bureaus of 
steam-engineering, coal, ordnance, provisions, yards and 
docks, and for marine parade-ground. 

Means of access to the yard are not at present as convenient 
as they will be hereafter. Private conveyance on Broad street 
will take the stranger to the main yard gate, and entrance is 
rarely denied to any citizen. 

League Island is marked upon the oldest map of the Delaware 
River known — that of Peter Lindstrom, a Swedish engineer, who 
made a map of the Delaware 1654-5. It was amongst the property 
taken up at a very early period by the Swedes. This island was 
purchased by the city of Philadelphia in the year 1862 for $310,000, 
pnd presented to the United States government for the purj^ose of a 
navy-yard. The improvement upon it has not been very rapid, nor 
commensurate with the great value of the gift. 

The old navy-yard in Philadelphia occupied the site of the associa- 
tion battery erected for the defence of the city before the Revolu- 
tion. After independence was achieved the site became the ship- 
yard of Joshua Humphries. Here was built the frigate United 
States under the care of Mr. Humphries, who became the first naval 
constructor of the United States. The ship-of-the-line North Car- 
olina was launched September, 1820 ; the big ship Pennsylvania, at 
the time the largest vessel in the world, July 18, 1837 ; the famous 
war-steamer Mississippi, one of the first steam frigates belonging to 
the United States, which was launched May 5, 1841 ; the unfortunate 
steam-sloop Princeton, and many others, including monitors, built 
during the war of the rebellion. 

UNITED STATES NAVAL ASYLUM. 
These buildings are situate upon Gray's Ferry road, at the 
corner of Bainbridge street, and extend to Sutherland 
j avenue and the Schuylkill. They occupy about twenty-five 
'acres. The main edifice is three stories high and of marble. 
It is 380 feet long, and the centre building, included therein, 
is 142 feet front by 175 feet deep. It is embellished with a 
fine portico of eight Ionic columns. The wings are built with 
a veranda upon each story. The building has accommoda- 



140 U. S. NAVAI^ ASYLUM AND HOSPITAL. 

tions for three hundred persons. It is inhabited by old sailors. 
Each inmate has a chamber for his own accommodation. There 
is a chapel, a dining-room and other apartments for the use 
of the house. The pensionei-s are allowed a certain sum of 
money yearly for clothing, an amount eveiy month for pocket- 
money and an alloAvance of tobacco. North of the main build- 
ing is the residence of the governor of the Asylum, which is 
commodious. A corresponding building at the south is ap- 
propriated to the surgeon. The grounds in front of the Asylum 
are beautiftdly laid out with trees and flowers. Upon the 
platform of the portico are two small brass cannon said to 
have been captured by Commodore Charles Stewart, of the 
frigate Constitution, in an engagement with the British ship 
Levant, February 25, 1815.* These pieces were cast in 1756, 
as it appears from the inscriptions upon them. Two large 
cannon-balls of granite made for the guns of the Turkish 
forts on the Hellespont, presented by Commodore J. D. Elliott 
in 1838, are near them. 

These grounds were purchased by the United States for the pur- 
pose of a naval asylum and naval school in 1826. The buildings 
were commenced in 1830, and they were formally occupied Decem- 
ber 1, 1831. The United States Naval Academy was also established 
within the building, but was removed to Annapolis, Maryland, in 
1845. 

UNITED STATES NAVAL HOSPITAL. 
The United States Naval Hospital is upon the Asylum 
grounds, west and north of it. It is a brick building, begun 
in 1864 and finished in 1868. It has eight wards, four large 
and four small, capable of accommodating one hundred and 
forty-four persons. This number may be doubled by the 
use of what are called emergency wards, which are not so 
pleasantly situated as those already in use. The Hospital is 
under different management from the Asylum adjoining. 

* Another account says that these guns were captured from Bur- 
goyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777, and another that they were used 
by Lafayette at the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. 



CHAPTEE VII. 

COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 

COMMERCE. 
"l^rO city in the Union has, of late years, made such rapid 
-^^ progress in trade and commerce as Philadelphia. The 
value of exports and imports for the five years ending June 
30, 1874, is shown in the following table : 



Years. 


Imports. 


Exports. 


1870 
1871 
1872 
1873 

1874 


$14,500,797 
17,728,006 
20,383,853 
25,393,150 
26,447,037 


$16,934,610 
17,920,283 
21,016,750 
24,239,357 
33,121,337 



The exportation of petroleum increased in amount from 
51,352,996 gallons of refined, and 3,833,979 of crude, in 1871, 
to 70,810,711 gallons of refined, and 1,614,116 of crude, in 
1874. The total value of this product exported in the latter 
year was $9,512,456. 

The exports of breadstuffi fi-om $4,148,595, in 1871, increased 
to $8,159,371 in 1874. 

The export provision trade has made an extraordinary 
advance. In 1871 its value was but $341,582; in 1874 it 
was $3,372,719. 

The coal brought to Philadelphia by the Reading Railroad 
Company alone during the year 1874 amounted to 3,140,563 
tons. Of this amount, 2,076,259 tons were carried away from 
Port Richmond. 

The total amount of duties received at the Custom-house 
in 1874 was $8,292,159.42. The number of vessels engaged 

141 



142 COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. 

in the foreign trade which entered the port of Philadelphia 
during 1874 was 1098, with a tonnage of 621,641 tons. Of 
these, 491 were American vessels. The coastwise entries 
noted at the Custom-house were 9178 vessels of all kinds. 
Of these, 1018 were steam-vessels. The foreign steamship 
entries were 89. These figures do not give anything like a 
full idea of the domestic commerce of the port. Under the 
acts of Congress, American vessels which are engaged in the 
domestic trade, carrying domestic products to and from a port, 
are not required to report to the Custom-house officers, or to 
be in any manner subject to their supervision. The full 
number of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade cannot be 
ascertained. The Custom-house figures are those only made 
up from the supervision of the officers. The immense coal 
trade and the commerce in other articles require, it is well 
known, a very large number of vessels. Possibly it would 
not be beyond the mark to place the number of vessels in the 
domestic trade coastwise of the port of Philadelphia at from 
13,000 to 15,000. The number of enrolled coasting-vessels 
belonging to the port in 1874 was 3040, and 120 were built 
during the year. In this number were 934 sailing-vessels, 
265 steamei-s, 1810 canal boats and 31 barges. Eleven of the 
steamers built in 1874 were of iron. The tonnage of these 
vessels was 394,760 tons. 

COMMERCIAL. EXCHANGE. 
The principal institution in the city for the meeting of 
merchants and manufacturers is the Commercial Exchange, 
an organization which superseded the old Philadelphia Ex- 
change Company. It had its origin in the want of accommo- 
dation which dealers in grain and flour experienced in the 
old Exchange. They formed an association of their own, 
which they denominated the Corn Exchange, and leased the 
second story of the building situate at the south-west corner 
of Second and Gold streets, upon the site of the old Merchants' 
Coffee-house. This institution developed such a degree of 
energy that it attracted many business-men other than those 



COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE. 



143 



who were engaged in tlie grain trade. The Corn Exchange 
became a powerful organization, energetic and patriotic. In 
time the necessity of better accommodation was recognized. 
An association called the Chamber of Commerce was organ- 
ized for the purpose of constructing a building suitable for 
the use of the Corn Exchange. A lot of ground at the south- 
east corner of Second and Gothic streets, upon which stood 




COMMEKCIAL EXCHANGE. 



the old slate-roof house which was William Penn's residence 
in 1700, was bought, with the adjoining properties, and upon 
the lot was constructed a solid brick building of fine dimen- 
sions. This hall was dedicated on the 1st of March, 1869, 
and immediately became the scene of business activity. It 
was totally destroyed, except the solid walls, on the 7th of 
December of the same year. The members of the Chamber 



144 COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE, ETC. 

of Commerce immediately set to work to retrieve tlie loss ; 
and they were so successful that in the course of a few months 
the building was again ready for use. The main hall occupies 
the second story, and takes up the whole space between the 
interior halls. It is finely lighted on all sides ; the ceiling is 
high, and light and air abundant. Here the grain merchants 
bring specimens of their products, and large transactions are 
effected by purchases made according to sample. Avery large 
amount of business is done here every day. The upper por- 
tion of this building is occupied by the observer of the United 
States Signal Service, the head of which is familiarly known 
as " Old Probs." A cupola added to the tower of the building, 
which is anything but graceful in appearance, enables this 
useful officer to conduct his observations. 

Visitors are admitted to the Exchange upon introduction 
of a member. Cars of the Second and Third and the Eace 
and Vine streets railways, going south, pass the building. 

MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE. 
The Merchants' Exchange occupies a lot of ground bounded 
by Walnut, Dock and Third streets. It is of Pennsylvania 
marble, in the shape of a parallelogram, and is 95 feet front 
on Third street, 114 feet on Walnut street, with a semicircular 
radius on Dock street of 36 feet, making the extreme length 
from east to west 150 feet. The eastern front is embellished 
with a portico of eight Corinthian columns and antse. A cir- 
cular lantern rises forty feet above the roof, pierced with win- 
dows and ornamented. The building is strikingly handsome, 
and is modelled after the choragic monument at Athens called 
the Lantern of Demosthenes. The corner-stone of this edifice 
was laid February 22, 1832, and it was opened for business 
1834. This building exists only as a monument of the past. 
It is not occupied by merchants. The Board of Brokers 
occupy the Grand Exchange Room, which is vociferous at 
times with their shouts and excitement. The remainder of 
the building is occupied by offices of various kinds. Ad- 



MERCHANTS EXCHANGE. 



145 



mission to the Brokers' Eoora is allowed to the board while 
in session. Entrance by the steps on the Dock street front. 



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MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE. 

The place where merchants "most do congregate" has always 
been one of interest. There have been such establishments in Phila- 
delphia almost from the foundation of the city. There were " coffee- 
houses " in Front street at an early period. The London Coffee-house, 
as a place of resort for merchants, superseded these when it was 
opened at the south-west corner of Front and Market streets by 
William Bradford in the year 1754. The City Tavern, which was 
finished about the beginning of the Eevolution, was for some time 
the place where the merchants assembled. In this intere.st it ceased 
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146 BONDED WAREHOUSES. ETC. 



about the year 1800, but the business was revived again in 1806 by 
James Kitchen. The Merchants' Coffee-house, as it was then called, 
served all the purposes of an exchange tintil the Merchants' Ex- 
change was finished. 

TRADE EXCHANGES. 
Of late yeai^ the formation of special associations or guilds 
for the promotion of the particular interests of persons engaged 
in the various branches of commerce has been found necessary. 
This has led to the formation of the following associations, 
which have their headquarters in convenient parts of the city, 
namely : Tobacco Exchange, Coal Exchange, Drug Exchange, 
Grocers' Exchange, Produce Exchange, Maritime Exchange. 

WAHEHOUSING COMPANIES. 

These companies are of modern introduction, but they have 
been found to be useful adjuncts of commerce. 

The Pennsylvania Warehousing Company occupies the 
greater portion of a block of ground bounded by Penn, Front 
and Lombard streets. The storehouses are substantially built, 
and fitted for the storage of an immense amount of goods. 
Every convenience for the reception and delivery of mer- 
chandise is connected with the building. 

The Philadelphia Warehouse Company has its office build- 
ing in Dock street below Third. The odd style of the archi- 
tecture attracts the attention of the stranger. This company 
does a large business. 

BONDED -WAREHOUSES. 
There are a number of substantial and well-built stores in 
different parts of the city near the Delaware front, which are 
used for United States bonded warehouses. Some of these 
are in Granite street, south of Walnut street, extending from 
Front street to Dock, in Dock, Penn and the neighborhood of 
Almond streets. 

COMMERCIAL DEPOTS. 
There are certain sections of the city devoted to particular 
commercial pursuits which are worthy of being visited by 



COMMERCIAL DEp6tS. 147 

the stranger wlao is interested in trade and desirous of seeing 
the busiest portions of a commercial place. 

The Coal trade. Port Eichmond wharves. The great 
shipping depSt of the Eeading Eailroad Company is in a 
portion of the city formerly called Port Eichmond, and now 
forming a portion of the Nineteenth Ward. Here the com- 
pany concentrates the coal-carrying business. There are an 
immense number of tracks connecting with the main tracks. 
A large number of piers are arranged with docks between 
them. Loaded cars are pushed out on railroad tracks built upon 
trestle-work in such positions that their entire contents can 
be delivered into the holds of vessels by the means of chutes 
with great rapidity. The piers are twenty-three in number, 
and the docks will accommodate nearly three hundred vessels 
in such manner that all can be loaded at the same time. If 
vessels are not ready to take the coal, it can be stored upon 
the piers. From 30,000 to 40,000 tons of coal can be loaded 
every day. The tracks of the sidings connected with the 
piers form a perfect network, and would be thirty miles in 
length if the maze were straightened out. North of the coal 
wharves the company is constructing very large iron ship- 
building establishments, with every convenience for manu- 
facturing iron vessels, including a number of buildings 
and a large dry-dock. Access to these works may be had by 
Second and Third streets passenger railway, Eichmond branch 
going north. 

The Petroleum trade. Gibson's Point. Within a few 
years the petroleum trade has risen to great importance. It 
employs a large number of vessels, principally from foreign 
countries, and the trade is constantly increasing. The great 
d6p8t of the petroleum shipping trade is at Gibson's Point, 
upon the east bank of the Schuylkill, south of Gray's Ferry, 
and below the city gas-manufacturing works. Here are very 
extensive storage accommodations, wharves, pumping arrange- 
ments to carry the petroleum into the vessels, and other facili- 
ties for a great business. The number of foreign flags in this 
neighborhood exceeds the display in any other part of the 



148 COMMERCIAL DEPOTS. 

port of Philadelpliia, and the neighborhood is lively with the 
confusion of tongues caused by the efforts of sailors of various 
nationalities to make themselves understood. The petro- 
leum at Gibson's Point comes mainly by the Philadelphia and 
Erie Eailroad, leased by the Pennsylvania Eailroad, and is 
brought over the tracks of the latter by a special road leading 
to the storage-sheds at the Point. 

The Grain trade storage buildings. There is a very large 
grain-storage warehouse connected with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River near the 
Market street bridge. It has an immense storage capacity, 
and is the main source of supplies to the elevators. The build- 
ing is of wood and slate, 550 feet long by 126 wide, and has 600 
grain-bins with a capacity of 500 bushels each. One hundred 
and twenty-five cars, containing 45,000 bushels, can be un- 
loaded daily. 

Washington avenue elevator. This large building was the 
first built for the purpose of an elevator in the city, and has 
been in use over ten years. It is situate at the foot of Wash- 
ington avenue, and has connection by means of the Washing- 
ton avenue railroad with the entire railroad system of the 
country. There is connected with it a system of spouts and 
docks for the easy loading of grain. There is a storage ware- 
house of great capacity which will hold a large number of 
cars. It has 90 circular bins, each of 4000 bushels' capacity, 
and 90 angular bins. The storage capacity of the elevator 
is a half million of bushels. One conveyer-belt 850 feet long, 
and three others each 450 feet long, carry the grain from the 
elevator to the vessels along enclosed galleries. Three ves- 
sels can be loaded at one time. Access to this elevator by 
Union cars, navy-yard branch, within two squares of it, and 
by Second and Third streets cars, going south, to Washington 

avenue. 

Girard Point elevator. Girard Point is on the east bank 
of the Schuylkill, north of the mouth of that river. It is the 
property of the International Steam Navigation Company, 
owners of the Red Star line of steamships, which also have 



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149 



their docks and warehouses there. The elevator is 100 feet wi de, 
200 feet long and 124 feet high to the peaks of the roof. It is 
upon the centre of a wharf 500 feet long and 250 feet wide, 
with a dock of the same dimensions on each side which has 
capacity for floating a large number of vessels. There are 36 




GIBARD POINT ELEVATOR. 

circular bins, holding 15,000 bushels each, and 23 of 10,000 
bushels each. Total capacity, 800,000 bushels. Twelve ele- 
vators have a working capacity of 54,000 bushels an hour, 
loading or unloading. There are six conveyers, three on 
each side of the building, and six vessels may be loaded at 
the same time. 



DRY-DOCKS AND MARESTE RAILWAYS. 
At the new ship-building yard of the Philadelphia and 
Reading Coal and Iron Company are eight great buildings, a 
launching-dock two hundred and fifty feet wide and four 
hundred feet long. At the head of this dock, upon the land, 
are shipways four hundred and fifty feet long and wide 
enough to admit of the building of four vessels at one time, 
and an immense dry-dock that will lift a steamship of the 



150 DRY-DOCKS AND MARINE RAILWAYS. 

largest size. Cramp & Sons have at their iron -ship building 
yard a marine railway and one of the largest basin dry -docks 
in the United States. The South wark marine railway, Swan- 
son street near Catharine, the oldest in the city, was opened 
for use nearly fifty years ago. 

Iron-Ship Building is carried on in Philadelphia and its 
vicinity on the Delaware Eiver to a far greater extent than 
in any other locality in the United States. In fact, this par- 
ticular branch of industry is pursued so largely that the Dela- 
ware has been called the "American Clyde." Easiness of 
access to the inexhaustible iron ores and coal deposits of 
Pennsylvania, combined with cheap transportation, has given 
to the iron manufacture in the city extraordinary advantages. 
The Reading Eailroad Company's ship-yards are principally 
intended to be used for the construction of iron colliers for 
the coal transportation of that company. Cramp & Sons 
built the celebrated New Ironsides frigate for the United 
States government during the war of the Rebellion. They 
also built monitors, and particularly the splendid iron steam- 
ships of the American line to Liverpool. Neafie & Levy, at 
the Penn Works, Port Richmond, are builders of iron and 
wooden ships and machinery. Wood, Dialogue & Company, 
at Kaighn's Point, N. J., opposite the city have a large iron- 
ship building establishment. John Roach, at Chester, has 
built the largest iron steamships in the ocean service, and the 
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, at Wilmington, Delaware, 
have constructed many first-class iron vessels. 

STEAMSHIP WHARVES AND DOCKS. 
American steamship line, from Philadelphia to Liverpool. 
These fine vessels are of the first class, and the line has been 
extremely successful since its establishment. The steamship 
docks are at the foot of Christian street, and have every ac- 
commodation connected with them for the convenience of pas- 
sengers. By means of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which runs 
into the dock-building, passengers may be taken to any part 
of the United States. Six iron steamships form the line, and 



COMMERCE MANUFACTURES. 1 51 

ensure a weekly service. The average accommodation of each 
ship is 76 cabin and 900 steerage passengers, with 1800 tons 
of cargo. Average time of passage from port to port, ten days. 
Agents, Peter Wright & Sons, Walnut street above Third. 

International Navigation Company (Red Star). This steam- 
ship line runs between Philadelphia and Antwerp. The ves- 
sels are under the Belgian flag, and are very superior ships. 
There is a semi-monthly service from Philadelphia. Average 
accommodation 20 cabin and 700 steerage passengers, with 
1800 tons of cargo. Average passage, twelve days. Peter 
Wright & Sons, agents, Walnut street above Third. Docks 
at Girard Point, Schuylkill Eiver. 

Coastwise steamers, Clyde lines. For Boston and Provi- 
dence, twice a week. Pier No. 1, North Wharves, above Mar- 
ket street. For Charleston, weekly. Pier No. 8, South 
Wharves, below Chestnut street. For Norfolk and Richmond, 
three times a week, from Pier No. 1, North Wharves. For 
Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, once a week. Pier 
No. 2, South Wharves. For New York, daily. Pier No. 2, 
South Wharves. 

Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company. To 
Savannah, one steamer per week from Pier 22, South Wharves, 
below Pine street. 

Winsor's lines. For Boston, twice a week, from Pine street 
wharf. For Providence, once a week, from Pier 23, below Pine 
street. 

MANUFACTURES. 
In the number of manufacturing establishments, the variety 
of articles made, the number of persons employed and the 
value of materials used, Philadelphia is the greatest manu- 
facturing place in the Union. According to the census of 
1870, it surpassed all other cities in these particulars. New 
York exceeded it only in the value of the products manu- 
factured. The number of manufacturing establishments in 
the city and vicinity operated upon Philadelphia capital and 
account that year were 8579, as ascertained by the Philadel- 



152 MANUFACTURES, 

phia Board of Trade in revision of the census statistics. These 
establishments were operated by 2177 steam-engines of 57,304 
horse-power, and fifty -nine water-wheels of 2696 horse-power 
The number of hands employed in the manufactories was 
152,550, and the wages paid them during the year were 
$68,647,874. Of the persons employed 100,661 were males 
above the age of fifteen years ; 40,760 females above the same 
age; children and youth, 11,129. The capital employed 
amounted to $204,340,637. The value of materials used was 
$193,861,297. The value of the productions when manu- 
factured was $362,484,698. Within the five years which have 
elapsed since these statistics were ascertained, the number of 
manufacturing establishments must have increased to a very 
considerable degree. According to the rate of increase of 
the previous ten years, and making allowance for dulness in 
business during the years 1874 and 1875, it would not be an 
unfair estimate to place the number of manufacturing estab- 
lishments at from 9000 to 9500, and the capital employed at 
from two hundred and ten to two hundred and twenty millions 
of dollars. According to the census of 1870, the industries 
of the city were classified in nearly one hundred divisions. 
They are carried on according to the respective means of the 
persons interested in them. There are establishments giving 
fair remuneration to those engaged in them which employ 
only a few workmen and occupy but little space. There are 
others which take up whole blocks of ground ; and some of 
them beyond the closely-built sections occupy acres, and 
employ hundreds and some of them thousands of workmen. 
It would be impossible to do justice to these valuable and 
diverse interests in a work of this kind. 



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CHAPTEE VIII. 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

N the 1st of January, 1875, there were in Philadelphia 40 
' banks, with a combined capital of $19,235,950. ^ Of these 
30 were National Banks, with a capital of $17,135,000, and 
10, with a capital of $2,100,950, acting under State charters. 
The banks of Philadelphia are open every day of the year 
except Christmas, New Years, February 22d, Good Friday, 
July 4th, Thanksgiving-day, and such other holidays as are 
appointed by legal authority. 

NATIONAL BANKS. 

Bank of North America, 307 Chestnut street. Capital, 
$1,000,000. Chartered by the State of Pennsylvania in 1787. 
The banking-house is of brownstone, and presents a fine 
example of the Florentine style of architecture. 

This bank is the oldest in the country. The idea of its formation 
was presented by Robert Morris during the most depressing period 
of the Eevolutionary war, when the country was in distress upon 
account of the depreciation of the Continental money. It had been 
preceded by the Bank of Pennsylvania, established by subscription 
in Philadelphia of ninety-three individuals and firms to the amount 
of £300,000, Pennsylvania currency, payable in gold and silver. 
The object was "to support the credit of a bank to be established 
for furnishing a supply of provisions for the armies of the United 
States." This bank went out of existence upon the establishment 
of the Bank of North America, which was really the same institu- 
tion, being in great proportion composed of the same shareholders. 
Congress chartered the Bank of North America December 18, 1781, and 
the Pennsylvania assembly in 1782. The latter was repealed in 1785, 
and the bank acted under the Congressional charter. In 1787 a new 
State charter was obtained, and since that time until the passage of 
the national banking act the bank was a State institution. Its loca- 

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154 NATIONAL BANKS. 

tion for eighty years has been upon the spot now occupied by the 
bank building, the original building being one of plain brick. The 
present building was occupied about 1850. 

Philadelphia, 423 Chestnut street. Capital, $1,500,000. 
Formed 1803. Chartered 1804. The bank-building, imme- 
diately opposite the Custom-house, is of granite, 70 feet front 
by 104 feet deep, four stories in height, and of a massive and 
imposing style of architecture. 

The first building occupied by this institution was of brick, in the 
Gothic style, and rough-cast. It was built in 1805 at the south-west 
corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets, and considered an ornament of 
the city. In the year 1836 this building was torn down and a new one 
erected of marble, with a Corinthian portico resting on a basement 
flanked by wings. The eastern portion of it was occupied by the 
Philadelphia Bank, and the western portion by the Western Bank. 
When the Bank of Pennsylvania failed, the Philadelphia Bank, for 
1163,100, bought the building on the north side of Chestnut street, 
which had been erected for the former institution, but never occupied 
by it. The Philadelphia Bank opened business there in March, 1859. 
Farmers' and Mechanics', 427 Chestnut street. Formed 
1807. Incorporated 1809. Capital, $2,000,000. The build- 
ing, white marble in the Italian Palladian style, is 65 feet 2 
inches front and 104 feet deep, 71 feet 3 inches high, and is 
exceedingly handsome. It is west of the Philadelphia Bank, 
whose building adjoins. The lots upon which both of these 
buildings are constructed extend to Eanstead street. The 
banking-rooms are elegant, with lofty ceilings, fine light and 
ventilation. 

For many years this bank was in a brick building on the lot of 
ground now occupied by it, formerly the Lawrence mansion, and in 
which, it is said. Admiral Howe lived during the British occupancy, 
1777-8. General Henry Knox of the Revolutionary army and Colonel 
Timothy Pickering also lived in that house. The bank opened 
business there January 25, 1819 ; new building first used for banking 
purposes in 1854. 

Mechanics', west side of Third street below Market. Char- 
tered 1814. Capital, $800,000. The building has a marble 
front, with Corinthian portico. It was erected on the site of 
a brick building formerly occupied by the same institution. 



NATIONAL BANKS. 155 

Commercial, south-east corner of Chestnut and Hudson 
streets. Chartered 1814. Capital, $810,000. The building 
has a granite front, and is of pleasing appearance. For many 
years the banking-house was a marble building on the north 
side of Market street, between Second and Third. 

Northern Liberties, north-west corner of Third and Vine 
streets. Incorporated 1814. Capital, $500,000. The build- 
ing is of granite, solid and handsome in appearance. It was 
originally constructed by the Manufacturers and Mechanics' 
Bank, and when purchased by the Bank of Northern Liberties 
was greatly enlarged and rebuilt. This bank for many years 
occupied a brick building on the north side of Vine street, 
between Second and Third. 

Southwaric. Incorporated 1825. Capital, $250,000. Occu- 
pies a brick building, the first story of marble, on the east 
side of Second street below South, the place of the original 
location. 

Kensington, 969 Beach street below Maiden. Incorporated 
1826. ■ Capital, $250,000. Occupies a brick building which 
has been its place of business since the formation of the 
institution. 

Penn, north-west corner of Vine and Sixth streets. Incor- 
porated 1828. Capital, $500,000. The banking-house is of 
brick, rough-cast, with marble pilasters, doorways, etc. This 
bank was originally established at the south-west corner of 
Sixth and Callowhill streets. The lot upon which the present 
building stands was purchased about 1830. 

Girard, west side of Third street below Chestnut. Chartered 
1832. Capital, $1,000,000. The front of this building is very 
handsome. There is a portico of six Corinthian pillars, with 
pediment, wings, decorated with pilasters, and other embellish- 
ments. The building belongs to the Girard estate. The bank 
occupies the southern portion, the City Treasurer the northern 
portion and the City Controller the upper story. 

This building was erected in 1798 for the use of the first Bank of the 
United States, and was at the time considered one of the most hand- 
some edifices in the country. It is 96 feet front and 72 deep. After 



156 NATIONAL BANKS. 

the charter of that institutioa expired, Stephen Girard purchased 
the building in 1812, and there established the business of a private 
banker. After his death the present institution was chartered with 
the expectation that it would occupy Mr. Girard's banking building. 

Commerce, north-east corner of Chestnut street and Straw- 
berry street. Chartered 1832. Capital, $250,000. The build- 
ing is of brownstone, substantial but plain in appearance. 

This institution was originally chartered as the Moyamensing 
Bank. Its first location was at the south-east corner of Fifth 
and South streets. Some years afterward it was removed to the 
south-east corner of Second and Chestnut streets. The name was 
changed while the institution occupied that place. The present 
building was constructed about 1850. 

Manufacturers', east side of Third street, between Market 
and Arch streets. Chartered 1832. Capital, $1,000,000. 
Front of granite, appropriate and pleasing in design. 

This institution was originally styled the Manufacturers and Me- 
chanics' Bank, and was located at the north-west corner of Third 
and Vine streets. The removal to the present situation took place a 
few years ago. 

Tradesmen's, east side of Third below Chestnut. Incor- 
porated 1847. Capital, $200,000. The front of the building 
is of granite, and attractive in appearance. Until within a 
few years the banking-house was at the south-west corner of 
Second and Spruce, and afterward in first story of the Com- 
mercial Exchange building. 

City, 32 North Sixth street. Chartered 1855. Capital, 
$400,000. Building 24 feet by 110, with brownstone front. 
The institution formerly occupied a brick building on the 
same premises. The new building was erected in 1874. 

Central, 109 South Fourth street below Chestnut. Char- 
tered 1865. Capital, $750,000. Occupies a building with 
sandstone front of business-like appearance. 

Commonwealth, south-west corner of Chestnut and Fourth, 
Chartered 1857. Capital, $300,000. Occupies a portion of 
the old Philadelphia Bank building. 

Consolidation, 331 North Third above Vine. Chartered 



NATIONAL BANKS. 157 

1855. Capital, $300,000. Its building is of brownstone in 
handsome architectural style. It was finished in 1857. 

Corn Exchange, north-east corner of Chestnut and Second 
street. Chartered 1858. Capital, $500,000. Occupies a plain, 
solid-looking brick building, which was finished in 1859. 

Union, north-east corner of Third and Arch streets. Char- 
tered 1858. Capital, $500,000. Building of yellow sandstone, 
with brownstone trimmings. 

Western, south side of Chestnut street, west of Fourth 
Chartered 1832. Capital, $400,000. 

This institution was originally established on the south side of 
Market street, between Ninth and Tenth, afterward at the north- 
west corner of Sixth and Market. The bank erected, in connection 
with the Philadelphia Bank, the large building a portion of which 
it now occupies. It went into that building April 4, 1848. For a 
long time the banking-room was in the second story. Within three 
years the whole of the property has been taken for the purposes of 
the institution, and the interior altered and reconstructed. 

Germantown, 4800 Germantown avenue. Chartered 1814. 
Capital, $200,000. This institution occupies a handsome 
stone building on Germantown avenue corner of School- 
house lane. 

Keystone, south-west corner of Chestnut and Juniper 
streets. Chartered 1872. Capital, $200,000. Occupies a 
plain brick building, the first story being of marble. This 
institution was originally a State banking company, and ad- 
mitted to the privilege of a National Bank in 1875. 

Republic, Guarantee Trust building, Chestnut street, between 
Third and Fourth. Capital, $1,000,000. The business was 
for some years transacted in a large building originally con- 
structed for L. J. Levy's dry-goods store, on the north side of 
Chestnut above Eighth. When the Guarantee Trust Com- 
pany's building was completed, in 1875, the bank removed to 
that place. 

Security, north-w^est corner of Girard avenue and Seventh 
street. Capital, $250,000. Occupies a plain, substantial brick 
building. 

First, north-east corner of Chestnut and Hudson streets, 
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168 NATIONAL AND STATE BANKS. 

between Third and Fourth. Chartered 1863. Capital, 
$1,000,000. The building is of granite, of an imposing style 
of architecture, and considered one of the finest ornaments 
of the street. 

Second, 4434 Frankford avenue, Frankford. Chartered 
1863. Capital, $300,000. Occupies a neat building in that 
portion of the city formerly known as Frankford. 

Third, south-west corner of Market and Penn square. 
Chartered 1863. Capital, $300,000. Occupies a building of 
marble in a neat style of architecture. 

Sixth, north-west corner of Second and Pine streets. Char- 
tered 1863. Capital, $150,000. The building is of brick, and 
of plain appearance. 

Seventh, north-west corner of Fourth and Market streets. 
Chartered 1863. Capital, $250,000. The building is plain in 
appearance. 

Eighth, north-east corner of Second and Girard avenue. 
Chartered 1863. Capital, $275,000. 

STATE BANKS. 

Union Banking Company, 310 Chestnut street. Capital, 
$700,000. The building is of variegated brick, stone and tiles 
in Moorish style of architecture. 

People's, north side of Chestnut street, east of Fifth. 
Capital, $100,000. This institution occupies a magnificent 
building of granite erected by the Board of Public Trusts 
for the Girard estate. It is one of the handsomest structures 
on the street. The banking-house is in the rear, spacious and 
well lighted. 

Spring Garden, north-west corner of Eidge avenue and 
Spring Garden street. Capital, $250,000. The building is 
of white marble, in handsome style, and a conspicuous orna- 
ment of the neighborhood. 

Twenty-second Ward, 4850 Germantown avenue. Char- 
tered 1873. Capital, $150,000. Occupies an old-fashioned 
building constructed in the style prevalent among the better 
class of houses in Germantown before 1800. 



STATE BANKS — SAVING FUNDS. 159 

Manayunk, 4371 Main street, Manayunk. Chartered 1873. 
Capital, $100,000. 

Shackamaxon, 1737 Frankford avenue. Chartered 1873. 
Capital, $100,000. 

West Philadelphia, 3839 Market street. Capital, $100,000. 

Bank of America, 306 Walnut street. Chartered 1873. 
Capital, $500,000. Occupies a marble building formerly be- 
longing to the Philadelphia Saving Fund. 

Merchants' Exchange, south-east corner of Third and Dock 
streets. Chartered 1872. Capital $50,000. This institution 
was formerly located at 915 Market street, and called the Iron 
Bank. 

United States Banking Company, Chestnut street below 
Ninth. Chartered 1873. Capital, $50,950. 

SAVING FUNDS. 

These institutions, according to the design of the original 
association, were intended to assist poor people in saving 
money by the reception of small amounts on deposit and 
payment of interest. The rate of interest is 4 8-10 per cent., 
and it is added to the principal at the end of every year, and 
interest given on the whole amount. 

Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, Building, south-west 
corner of Seventh and Walnut streets. It is of granite, two 
stories in height, and presents a solid appearance. The society 
has in trust about thirteen millions of dollars, and the annual 
deposits are over four millions of dollars. It was established 
in 1816, and incorporated February, 1819. 

Western Saving Fund, south-west corner of Tenth and 
Walnut streets, occupies a large brownstone building. 
The society was incorporated in 1847. This institution has 
a large number of depositors, and is conducted upon the 
plan of the old Philadelphia Saving Fund. 

Beneficial Saving Fund, south-west corner of Twelfth and 
Chestnut streets, was incorporated April 20, 1853. 

Germantown Saving Fund, 4908 Germantown avenue, in- 
corporated 1854. 



160 TKUST COMPANIES, ETC. 

TRUST COMPANIES, 

Trust powers are held by several corporations, which have 
other business rights that they also exercise. Some of these 
will be treated of under other heads. 

Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and granting 
Annuities occupies a fine granite building on the north side 
of Chestnut street adjoining the Farmers' and Mechanics' 
Bank. The life insurance business is not exercised by the 
company at the present time. It receives and executes trusts, 
acts as executor or administrator of the estates of deceased 
persons and grants annuities. The business is very large and 
valuable. The capital is $1,000,000. 

The company was chartered in 1812. For a long time its office was 
in a brick building on the south side of Walnut street, west of Third. 
The present building was finished in 1872. 

Provident Life and Trust Company, west side of Fourth 
street below Chestnut, is devoted to the same line of business 
as the above. The building has an iron front, is of massive 
proportions and imposing in appearance. The company was 
chartered in 1865. The capital is $500,000. 

Girard Life Annuity and Trust Company, north-east corner 
of Seventh and Chestnut streets, was incorporated in 1836, and 
occupied for many years the first floor of the Western Bank 
building. Chestnut street near Fourth. Capital, $300,000. 

SAPBrDEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANIES. 

Within a few years the increase of valuable personal 
property in bonds, stocks, etc., with plate, jewels and other 
valuable articles, has created a necessity for the assistance 
of institutions which would take safe care of them. The 
safe-deposit company receives articles of a valuable character 
not bulky, undertakes to keep them safely, and ensures their 
delivery when needed. The buildings are very strong, spe- 
cially constructed for the purpose, believed to be burglar- 
proof as well as fireproof, and are watched with great care. 

Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe-deposit Company occu- 



SAFE-DEPOSIT AJN'D TRUST COMPANIES. 161 

pies a very large building with white marble front, in hand- 
some style, situate on the north side of Chestnut street, be- 
tween Third and Fourth streets. The character of the archi- 
tecture is Italian. The capital is $1,000,000. The charter was 
granted in 1866, and the company established in business in 
the Philadelphia Bank building. The new building was 
opened April 6, 1869. 

The Philadelphia Trust, Safe-deposit and Insurance Com- 
pany, incorporated 1869, occupies a fine white marble building 
on the north side of Chestnut street, between Fourth and 
Fifth streets, adjoining the Philadelphia Bank on the east. 
This company was opened in 1869-70 in the apartments 
previously occupied by the Fidelity Trust Company. The 
new building was finished and opened in 1874. 

Northern Saving Fund, Safe-deposit and Trust Company, 
south-west corner of Sixth and Spring Garden streets. The 
building is of granite, and presents a fine appearance. The 
company was incorporated in 1871, and occupied a temporary 
oflice during that year at the south-east corner of Sixth and 
Noble streets. The present building was finished and occu- 
pied about the beginning of 1873. 

Guarantee Trust and Safe-deposit Company. This company 
occupies a very large, solidly-built and odd-looking building 
of brick, gray stone, black stone and tiles, which is situate on 
the south side of Chestnut street, extending from Hudson 
street to Carpenters' Court, between Third arid Fourth streets. 
The front is made conspicuous by two square towers with 
mansard roofs. The style of architecture is Venetian, and 
the appearance of the building is so peculiar that it attracts 
much attention. The building is large, and devoted not only 
to the business of the Guarantee Trust Company, but accom- 
modates also the National Bank of the Republic and the 
Fame Insurance Company. The safe-deposit vaults are at 
the extreme .south end of the building, and are very strong. 
The interior is richly decorated in the Italian style. The 
capital is $1,000,000, and the charter was granted in 1872. 
The present building was opened for business January 1, 1875. 
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162 SAFE-DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANIES, ETC. 

Penn Trust and Safe-deposit Company occupies the western 
portion of the Spring Garden Bank building, on Spring Gar- 
den street west of Eidge avenue. It was opened for business 

in 1874. 

INSURANCE. 

The business of insurance has very much increased within 
a few years, and is applied to subjects not thought of when 
this plan of guarantee against loss was originated. Com- 
mencing with insurance against the risks of the seas, the 
principle was gradually extended to insurance against fire, 
to the insurance of families against the losses occasioned by 
death of relatives, and of late years there has been added in- 
surance against accidents, not only to persons, but to property 
At the beginning of 1875 there were in Philadelphia, acting 
under charters from the State of Pennsylvania, 26 joint-stock 
fire and marine insurance companies, 6 mutual fire and ma- 
rine and 9 life insurance companies, some of them with trust 
and annuity powers. There were also over 125 agencies of 
companies acting under charters granted in other States of 
the Union, and about 20 Pennsylvania companies which did 
not belong to the city, and 15 foreign companies, English, 
French and German. The majority of these companies and 
agencies occupy offices in buildings devoted to other purposes 
than the objects of those institutions. It is our design only to 
notice such of them as have been long established and own 
and occupy the buildings in which their business is carried 

on. 

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. 
Philadelphia Contributionship. Incorporated March 25, 
1752. Occupies four-story brick building west side of South 
Fourth street below Walnut. This is the oldest fire insurance 
company in America. It was instituted upon the mutual 
principle, the subscribers undertaking to insure each other 
against loss and to contribute toward losses in ratio with 
the insurance interests of each. The insurance is only upon 
real estate, and is what is called ''perpetual," enduring as 
long as the building stands. The insured can withdraw their 



FIRE IXSUEiANCE COMPANIES. 163 

premium money, less a percentage retained by the company, 
at any time, and close the policy and risk. The badge of this 
company, from which it obtained the popular name of the 
"Hand in Hand," is four hands clasped. 

Mutual Assurance. Incorporated 1784. Occupies the 
building at 526 Walnut street, the first story being of marble 
and the upper portion of brick. This company was popularly 
known as the "Green Tree," from its badge. 

American. Incorporated 1811, with a capital ot $500,000. 
Office, 310 Walnut street, four-story brick building. 

Delaware Mutual Safety. Incorporated 1835. Occupies a 
stately brownstone building at the south-east corner of Third 
and Walnut streets, 47 feet 4 inches front on Walnut by 70 
feet deep, which was finished in the spring of 1855. 

Fire Association. Incorporated March 27, 1820. Sand- 
stone three-story building, south-west corner of Fifth and 
North streets, below Arch. 

This association was originally formed among the volunteer fire 
companies of Philadelphia, and intended, out of the profits, to as- 
sist in supporting those companies. The capital at the commence- 
ment was raised by contribution from each engine and hose com- 
pany, and was very small. But the association met with great favor 
from citizens and commanded a large business from the beginning. 
With good luck and small losses, it increased until it became a pow- 
erful company. The volunteer fire department was superseded by 
the paid fire department March 15, 1871. The Fire Association was 
then made, by act of legislature, a joint-stock company. 

Franklin. Chartered 1829. Occupies a building 421 Wal- 
nut street between Fourth and Fifth. This company does a 
very large business. 

Pennsylvania. Incorporated 1825. Capital, $400,000. Oc- 
cupies white marble building, in the Egyptian style, 510 
Walnut street between Fifth and Sixth. This building was 
erected about 1835, and from the peculiar architecture 
attracted much attention for many years. 

Spring Garden. Incorporated 1835. Office in brick build- 
ing, the first story of marble, north-west corner of Sixth and 
Wood streets. 



164 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, ETC. 

County. Incorporated 1832. Building of sandstone and 
brick, 110 South Fourth street below Chestnut. 

Sun, occupies brick rough-cast building south-east corner 
of Spring Garden street and Eidge avenue. 

FIRE AND MARINE. 
North America. Incorporated 1794. Capital, $1,000,000. 
Occupies brownstone building, 232 Walnut street east of 
Third. 

LIFE. 
Penn Mutual. Incorporated June 1, 1847. Occupies build- 
ing north side of Chestnut street between Ninth and Tenth, 
which was originally the Kohne mansion. 

This company built for its office, in 1851, one of the first iron 
buildings erected in Philadelphia, at the north-east corner of Third 
and Dock streets. It was in the Italian style. Some years later 
the company removed to its present office, on Chestnut street. 

American. Incorporated 1850. Occupies a brick building 
of plain appearance. 

New York Mutual. Building, north-west corner Tenth and 
Chestnut streets, one of the most splendid structures in the 
city. It occupies a lot, 58 feet front on Chestnut street by 176 
feet on Tenth street, upon which was once built a mansion, 
the residence of Major David Lenox, and which, afterward 
passing to his heirs, was known as the Keen mansion. This 
building is of granite, in the Renaissance style. Ionic and 
Corinthian pillars, with arches, balconies, cornices and pilas- 
ters, add to the effect of the fronts on Tenth and Chestnut 
streets. The building is four stories high, including the base- 
ment, with a high Mansard roof of iron, and from the side- 
walk to the top of the Mansard crest is 97 feet ; to top of main 
pavilion 104 feet, and to top of flag-staff 140 feet. It is fire- 
proof throughout, and cost over $1,000,000. Business was 
opened in this building by the New York Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company on the 25th of August, 1875. 



CHAPTER IX. 

INSTITUTIONS OF EDUCATION. 

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
rpHE buildings connected with the University of Pennsylva- 
J- nia are the largest and most conveniently arranged college 
buildings in the country. The building for the departments of 
science and arts stands on Locust street between Thirty-third 
and Thirty-fourth streets, in a square of ground containing more 
than six acres, and is two hundred and fifty-four feet in length 
and one hundred and two feet two inches in depth, and at 
central building one hundred and twenty-four feet in depth. 
The building is four stories high, including the basement, 
which is almost entirely above ground. The architecture is 
of the collegiate Gothic ; the material is of green serpentine 
stone ornamented with gray stone. There is a central build- 
ing of grand proportions, and wings with pavilions. On the 
eastern and western fronts large towers rise to a conspicuous 
height. The style of the building, with its gables, buttresses, 
pinnacles and bay and oriel windows, is very attractive. 
Upon the grounds are other buildings, the hospital and med- 
ical departments of the university, which will be described in 
their proper places. The corner-stone of this edifice was 
laid on the 15th of June, 1871, and it was finished and opened 
for use on the 11th of October, 1872. The building cost to 
construct $235,910.46. The department of science occupies 
the eastern portion of the building, and the department of 
arts the western. The centre building includes the chapel, 
library, assembly-rooms, etc. There are laboratories, class- 
rooms, recitation-rooms, museum-rooms, library, offices, etc., 
there being all together over sixty apartments for various 
purposes. 

This building was planned with special reference to the 

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THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 167 

greatly increased number of rooms required for the fall devel- 
opment of that elective system of studies which has now be- 
come the settled policy in the department of arts, as well as 
for the purpose of affording every facility for teaching science 
in its application to the arts. A very complete library is at- 
tached to this department, also a collection of minerals em- 
bracing over 10,000 specimens. All the necessary conve- 
niences for demonstrating experimental physics are supplied, 
and also the same for the department of mechanical engi- 
neering. Number of students over two hundred. Access by 
Chestnut and Walnut, Darby branch, passenger railway cars. 

The history of the University of Pennsylvania may be said to 
commence with the institution of an academy and charitable school 
which was advocated by Benjamin Franklin in 1749, liberal sub- 
scriptions, for those days, being obtained for the purpose. The 
friends of this measure succeeded in obtaining the grant of what 
was called the " New Building," which had been erected on the west 
side of Fourth street below Arch as a preaching house for the use 
of the celebrated Whitefield, the itinerant preacher. The building 
was unfinished. The academy obtained possession of it, and here, 
in 1750, it was opened for instruction in the Latin and English lan- 
guages and mathematics. In 1755 the association was chartered 
with the title of " The College, Academy and Charitable School of 
Philadelphia," and authority was given to grant degrees. The lit- 
erary department continued in active operation up to the time of 
the Revolution. The first provost was Rev. AVilliam Smith D. D., 
and he continued in charge for twenty-four years. In 1779 the college 
fell into unpopularity in consequence of the agitations of the times, 
some of the trustees and teachers being suspected of tory sentiments. 
The assembly of Pennsylvania passed an act annulling the charter 
of the college, and conferred all the franchises of that corporation 
upon a new institution called " The University of Pennsylvania." 
The latter succeeded to the rights of the college, attracting to its 
service some of the old professors. Others refused to join the new 
institution. In 1789 the council of censors of the State declared 
that the forfeiture of the charter of the college was illegal, and the 
Legislature passed an act restoring the franchises of the institution. 
The old college was reorganized, and for two years the college and 
university conducted the work of education in rivalry. 

In 1791 good sense prevailed, and by arrangement and compromise 
it was agreed that the two institutions should be united— an arrange- 



168 THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ETC. 

ment which the Legislature ratified, giving to the united corporation 
the title of " The University of Pennsylvania." The medical school, 
which was begun in 1764 by Dr. William Shippen, was a part of the 
institution before the Revolution, and afterward when the two insti- 
tutions were separate, and was much strengthened upon the union. 
In the year 1798 the trustees of the university bought the house 
erected for the use of the President of the United States by the 
State of Pennsylvania, on Ninth below Market street. It was one 
hundred feet front by one hundred feet deep, and three stories in 
height. The medical school, which had not occupied the buildings 
of the college or university at any time, was brought nearer to the 
parent institution in 1807 by the erection of an octagonal building 
adjoining. 

In 1829 the President's house and the medical department building 
were torn down and two buildings erected, one for the use of the 
library and the other for the medical department. These buildings 
were torn down in 1874, the United States government having pur- 
chased the ground for a post-office. 

GIRARD COLLEGE. 
This magnificent marble building, situate on a lot of ground 
extending from South College avenue to North College avenue 
and from Ridge avenue at Nineteenth street and Girard ave- 
nue to Twenty-fifth street, occupying 41 acres, is one of the 
finest architectural works in the United States. The design 
of the main building is in the richest Corinthian style. The 
superstructure rests upon a basement consisting of eleven 
steps extending around the entire edifice. The building, 111 
feet wide and 169 feet long, is surrounded by a range of fluted 
columns, 8 on each end and 11 on each side, including the 
corner columns. The columns support a portico with archi- 
traves 21 feet in width, and are 55 feet in height, 9 feet 3 
inches in diameter at the base, and surmounted by richly 
carved capitals 8 feet 6 inches high. The total height of 
the building is 97 feet. It is arched throughout, with brick 
and stone, floored with marble and roofed with marble 
tiles. The weight of the roof is estimated at over 969 tons. 
The great doors in the south and north fronts are 16 feet wide 
and 32 high. In the south vestibule in a sarcophagus rest 
the ashes of Stephen Girard, the founder, surmounted by his 



170 GIRARD COLLEGE. 

statue by N. Gevelot, which, for fidelity of likeness and posi- 
tion rendering the figure of the merchant and mariner as he 
lived, cannot be excelled by any modern statue. This build- 
ing is used entirely for educational purposes. Four marble 
buildings, two on the east and two on the west of the main 
building, are devoted to the use of pupils as residences, etc. 
There are various other buildings in the enclosure. There is 
a fine parade-ground, upon which the pupils are exercised in 
military discipline. West of the main building, upon the 
grounds and near the front, is a monument erected by the 
pupils to the memory of their associates killed in the army 
and navy during the war of the rebellion. A fine statue rep- 
resenting a soldier decorates the memorial. In the main col- 
lege building are deposited personal relics of Girard — furni- 
ture, etc.— which are considered curious. The whole of the 
grounds are enclosed by a solid stone wall, ten feet in height, 
in conformity with the will of Mr. Girard. The whole cost 
of this building and the improvement of the grounds was 
$1,933,821.78. The college is controlled by the Board of 
Public Trusts, elected by the city corporation. The institu- 
tion has 20 professors and teachers in the Faculty, with 12 pre- 
fects and governesses. In 1874 there were over 500 pupils in 
the institution ; and owing to the increased revenues from the 
Girard estates, the directors expect in a short time to be able 
to enlarge the capacity to 1000. Admission to the institution 
is accorded to visitors every day except Sundays. Tickets may 
be procured at the office of the Girard Trusts, Fifth street, op- 
posite Minor, Mayor's office. Fifth and Chestnut streets, or at 
the ofiice of the Public Ledger, Sixth and Chestnut streets. 
Clergymen cannot under any circumstances be admitted to 
the institution, such being the absolute wdll of Mr. Girard. 

Access to the college may be had by the Girard avenue, 
Ridge avenue and Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets pas- 
senger railway lines. 

This institution was founded for the education of poor white 
orphan boys by Stephen Girard, a native of France, who was born 
May 21, 1750, near Bordeaux, and died in Philadelphia December 



GTRARD COLLEGE, ETC. 171 

26, 1831. He went to sea as a cabin-boy, rose to be master and part 
owner of a small vessel, and earned enough money to establish 
himself in. business in Philadelphia in a small way in 1769. He 
made money, and after the Revolution gradually increased his com- 
mercial ventures, until he became one of the richest merchants in the 
country. In 1812 he engaged in business as a private banker, loaned 
the United States government $5,000,000 in that year, maintained an 
active commercial business, bought largely in real estate, built fine 
stores and dwelling-houses and added much to the beauty of the city. 
Upon his death it was found that he had bequeathed half a million 
dollars to the city of Philadelphia for the improvement of streets 
and buildings, $300,000 to the State of Pennsylvania for the improve- 
ment of canals, $2,000,000 and the residue of his property — after 
other legacies and bequests were paid — for the support and education 
of "poor white male orphans, between the ages of six and ten years 
when admitted to the institution, giving the preference, first, to those 
born within the bounds of the [old] oity of Philadelphia ; secondly, 
to those born in Pennsylvania ; thirdly, to those bom in New York ; 
and lastly, to those born in Kew Orleans." The boys are bound 
apprentices to the corporation of Philadelphia, and bound out from 
the institution between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years. 
The college was originally intended to be erected on a lot of ground 
bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, Market and Chestnut streets; but Mr. 
Girard having bought, shortly before his death, a lot of ground on 
Ridge road called Peel Hall, he directed by a codicil that the college 
should be built there. The corner-stone was laid July 4, 1833, and 
the college opened for use on the 1st of January, 1848. 

Germantown Academy, School-house lane between Green 
and Wayne streets, Germantown. This venerable institution 
is one of the oldest now existing in the city. The building, 
quaint and old-fashioned, constructed of stone, with an odd 
little cupola and bell, is one of the ante-Revolutionary relics 
yet preserved in Philadelphia. The education is plain Eng- 
lish, and the academy is well patronized by residents of Ger- 
mantown and the neighborhood. 

This institution was founded by inhabitants of Germantown by 
proceedings originated at a meeting on the 6th of December, 1759. 
It was resolved at that time that a building should " be erected near 
the centre of the town for the use of an English and High Dutch or 
German school, and also suitable dwellings for the teachers to reside 
in." Money was subscribed, and the corner-stone laid on the 21st 



172 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY, ETC. 

of April, 1760. It was opened for use September, 1761, and during 
that month received 131 pupils, of which 61 were in the English and 
70 in the German department. Greek, Latin and the higher math- 
ematics were also taught. The school was discontinued during the 
Kevolution, but was revived at its close, and chartered in 1784, under 
the title of the " Public School of Germantown." It has been in 
operation ever since. 

Aimwell School, north side of Cherry street between Ninth 
and Tenth. This school occupies a brick building. It is 
supported by the Society for the Free Instruction of Female 
Children, which was founded by three young women of the 
Society of Friends in 1796. They taught the scholars for 
some years in sewing, reading, writing and arithmetic. For 
many years the school was held in the Quaker school-house 
on South Fourth street. The school-house has been in its 
present situation for a long time. 

Beck School-house, north side of Catherine street between 
Sixth and Seventh streets, occupies a lot of ground 65 feet 
front by 203 feet deep. There is a boys' and girls' school, 
grammar and secondary, with capacity to accommodate from 
three hundred and fifty to four hundred pupils. 

These schools are maintained by the Philadelphia Society for the 
Establishment and Support of Charity Schools, established in 1799, 
and incorporated September 8, 1801. For some years the schools of 
this society and the Aimwell and Adelphi Schools, the latter of 
which has gone out of existence, were the only free schools in the 
city. The school was opened 1801, in a room in the rear of the 
Second Presbyterian Church, Third and Arch streets. In that year a 
bequest by Christopher Ludwick of his residuary estate, estimated at 
$13,000, for teaching poor children gratis, was secured by the society. 
A lot of ground was purchased on Walnut street west of Sixth in 
1804. A building was erected upon it, which was opened for school 
purposes at the end of that year. In 1859 the property, being very 
valuable, was appropriated to the means of obtaining enlarged in- 
come by altering it to the use of offices, etc. It is now known as the 
Ludwick Building. A lot of ground on Catherine street was pre- 
sented to the society by Paul Beck, Sr., by deed. When the new 
school was finished, in May, 1859, it was called the Beck School-house. 
This school has a riglit to send pupils to the Central High School. 



CHAPTER X. 

COLLEGIATE AND ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS UN- 
DER CONTROL OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 




PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL ACADEMY. 

Protestant Episcopal Academy, south-west corner of Locust 
and Juniper. Building of red sandstone of the Elizabethan 



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174 ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS. 

style of architecture. The instruction comprises all the 
branches that are usually taught in the elementary and 
higher schools ; and although the sessions open and close with 
short services in the chapel and the trustees are Episcopalians, 
the course of study is by no means sectarian in its character. 
This building is near the line of the Thirteenth, Spruce and 
Walnut street railways. The walk from each is but a short 
distance. 

This institution was founded in the year 1785 by efforts of church- 
men in the city, conspicuous among whom were Bishop White, Rev. 
Doctor Pillmore, Rev. Doctor Blackwell and others. A lot was pro- 
cured on the south side of Chestnut street west of Sixth, upon which 
a fine large building for the use of the academy was erected. The 
undertaking, however, proved to be too great for the means of the 
institution. The building was sold, and became Oeller's hotel, the 
most fashionable establishment of that kind in the city. It was 
totally destroyed by fire, with Rickett's circus, adjoining, in Decem- 
ber, 1799. The academy went to the south-east corner of Third and 
Pear streets. Subsequently it was in other places, and had fallen 
to the position of an ordinary school. In 1846 steps were taken to 
enlarge and improve its means by Bishop Potter and others, and the 
institution placed on a permanent basis. 

Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, corner of Thirty-ninth 
and Walnut streets, West Philadelphia. This institution is 
devoted to the theological instruction of students for the 
ministry. There are six professors. Theology, homiletics, 
Hebrew, biblical learning and canon law are taught. This 
school was established several years ago. Access by cars of 
the Chestnut and Walnut streets passenger railway. 

Theological Seminary of Saint Charles Borromeo (Roman 
Catholic). This institution was incorporated in 1848, under 
the direction of Lazaritists, or priests of the Congregation of 
Missions. It was originally located at the north-east corner 
of Eighteenth and Race streets. A few years ago the ground 
at Overbrook, four miles and a half from the city, was pur- 
chased, and a fine building of graystone in the Italian style 
of architecture erected. The edifice has a front of three hun- 
dred and eighty-four feet, with wings and pavilions. A high 



ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS. 175 

dome, with cross and lantern, surmounts the central building. 
Towers surmounted with crosses are upon the end buildings. 
The interior is fitted for the purposes of a theological seminary, 
with class- and recitation-rooms, dormitories and a fine chapel, 
with every appointment for the services of the Church. Ac- 
cess by Pennsylvania Eailroad to Overbrook station. 

Seminary of Saint Vincent de Paul (Eoman Catholic), 
Chew street, Germantown, is nearly finished, and is to be 
dedicated to the education of priests, under the charge of the 
same order that have control of Saint Charles Borromeo. 
The building is to be extensive, and is constructed of dark 
graystone and granite. 

La Salle College (Roman Catholic), north-east corner of 
Juniper and Filbert streets, under charge of Christian Bro- 
thers, is a brick building devoted to primary and classical 
education. 

Saint Joseph's College (Roman Catholic), 317 Willing's 
alley, is connected with Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic 
church, and is devoted to the purpose of an academical edu- 
cation. It was incorporated in 1852. 

Parish Schools. There are in many parts of the city 
Eoman Catholic schools attached to the churches, which are 
under control of clergymen and Christian Brothers and re- 
ligious women. 

Theological Seminary of Evangelical Lutheran Church, 216 
Franklin street above Race. This institution occupies a large 
brick building. The Faculty consists of five professors. The 
object is to educate young men in the work of the Lutheran 
ministry. 

Haverford College. Society of Friends (Orthodox). This 
institution, founded in the year 1833, is situated upon the line 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at a distance of nine miles from 
the city. The grounds occupy nearly two hundred acres, sixty 
of which are devoted to a lawn tastefully laid out and adorned 
with an unusual variety of trees and shrubbery. The college 
buildings consist of the original structure, used hitherto for 
boarding and educational purposes ; an astronomical observ- 



176 ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS. 

atory, containing an SJ-inch telescope and other instruments ; 
a large gymnasium and lecture-room, with laboratory, etc., and 
the alumni hall, which includes the reading-room and library 
of about ten thousand carefully selected volumes. A large new 
edifice is to be erected during the year 1876, for the purpose of 
giving improved accommodations and educational facilities to 
a larger number of students. There are six professors and in- 
structors. The course of education is academic and practical. 

Swarthmore College (Society of Friends) is situate near 
Westdale station, upon the line of the West Chester and 
Philadelphia Railroad, about eight or nine miles from the 
city. This college occupies very extensive stone buildings, 
which present an imposing appearance from the railroad. 
The course of instruction is collegiate, and the college is 
divided into two departments, one of which is devoted to 
male and the other to female students. There are usually 
several hundred students or pupils in this institution. This 
college has been in operation a few years, and is under con- 
trol of the members of the Society of Friends usually de- 
nominated "Hicksites." 

William Penn Charter-school. This school is held in con- 
nection with Friends' Meeting (Orthodox) adjoining the 
meeting-house, corner of Twelfth and Clover streets, above 
Chestnut street. It was chartered by William Penn in 1701, 
and for more than a century the school-house was in Fourth 
street below Chestnut. 

Friends' Central School, Fifteenth and Race streets, is con- 
nected with the meeting-house there. The course is thorough, 
from primary up to academic and classical. The schools are 
primary, secondary, grammar and central. There are six 
schools at this place, and about six hundred pupils. 



CHAPTER XI. 
INSTITUTIONS FOR SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION. 

MEDICAL COLLEGES. 

Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania 

(Allopathic). This branch of the university occupies a capa- 
cious building of greenstone situate at the corner of Locust 
and Thirty-fourth streets. The style of the architecture is in 
harmony with that of the main university building, to the 
east of it, and of the university hospital, to the south, although 
there are essential differences in all of them. This building 




MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

is fitted up especially for purposes of medical instruction. 
The laboratory is in the basement. Two large lecture-rooms 
are upon the first floor. The museum and clinical amphi- 
theatre are on the second floor. The third story contains the 
dissecting-rooms and surgical-rooms. There are ample ac- 
commodations for six hundred students; and besides the in- 
struction of the Faculty and assistants, practical, clinical and 



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178 MEDICAL COLLEGES. ' 

surgical instruction is afforded by the practice at the university 
hospital, on the same ground. Access by Chestnut and Walnut 
streets passenger railway (Darby branch). 

The medical department of the university owes its foundation to 
Doctor William Shippen of Philadelphia, who commenced private 
lectures upon medicine and surgery in 1764. In 1765 the College of 
Philadelphia instituted a medical department, and Doctor Shippen 
was made the first professor, being awarded the chair of anatomy. 
Other chairs were added, and for some years the medical school was 
the only one available to students in America. The classes were 
taught before the Revolution at Doctor Shippen's residence, or in a 
building adjoining the back of his house, on Fourth street above 
Market. About the time of the Revolution a building was erected for 
the special use of the medical department, on the east side of Fifth 
street above Walnut, halfway to Library street. This was called 
Surgeons' Hall, and was in use until 1807, when the medical building 
adjoining the university on Ninth street was erected. Since that 
pei-iod the medical department has always been near the scientific 
and literary departments of the university. The medical depart- 
ment has been from its institution under the charge of professors of 
the highest reputation in their own profession. Among them may 
be mentioned Shippen, Morgan, Bond, Rush, Physic, Wistar, Rogers, 
Horner, Wood, Jackson and Gibson. The new buildijig was formally 
opened on the 12th of October, 1874. 

Jefferson Medical College, west side of Tenth street below 
Bansom. The building is of rough-cast brick, with a Corinth- 
ian portico of six columns on Tenth street. It is well 
arranged for scientific instruction. There is a fine large 
museum, class-rooms, lecture-rooms, theatre, dissecting-rooms, 
etc. There is a full Faculty, and the annual attendance of 
students is large. Adjoining the college on the west, a hos- 
pital, which will soon be finished, will atford clinical instruc- 
tion to the student. Among the noted professors of Jefferson 
College have been Samuel and George McClellan, Dungiison, 
Mutter, Meigs, Bache, Pancoast and others of eminence. Cars 
of the Tenth and Eleventh streets passenger railway going 
south pass the building. 

This college was originally established under the charter of 
Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, which had authority 



MEDICAL COLLEGES. 179 

to maintain a medical school. It was established in Philadelphia 
about 1824, in a building on the south side of Prune street between 
Fifth and Sixth streets. April 12, 1828, the medical college received 
a separate charter. A lot of ground was obtained on Tenth street, 
and a brick building 51 by 57 feet in size, with an L measuring on 
the angle 94 feet, was established, with a three-story building in the 
rear for an anatomical class-room. In 1845 the building was en- 
larged and a handsome front built by the architect Le Brund. 

The University College (Eclectic) occupies a brownstone 
building in the collegiate Gothic style, with towers, on the 
west side of Ninth street below Locust. The building was 
constructed for the Pennsylvania College, an institution 
which is not now in existence. It is 60 by 80 feet, five stories 
high. The comer-stone was laid 31st May, 1849, and the 
building occupied and completed in 1850. 

The Woman's Medical College (Allopathic), N. W. comer 
of North College avenue and Twenty-first street, a hand- 
some brick building, specially constructed for the use of the 
institution. The corner-stone was laid October 1, 1874, and 
the building opened for education at the autumn session of 
1875. 

This institution was formed in order to ensure a medical education 
to women, there being prejudice against their being furnished with 
facilities for medical study in other institutions. Many of the pro- 
fessors are women, and a considerable number of women have 
graduated there and are now in practice. The Woman's Hospital, 
adjoining, furnishes clinical advantages. The college was founded 
in 1849, and was the first distinctive medical school for women 
established in the world. Access by Pvidge Avenue passenger rail- 
way. 

Hahnemann Medical College (Homoeopathic), north side of 
Filbert street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. The building 
— ^the first story of marble and portico of two pillars — pre- 
sents a neat, handsome and attractive front. There is a full 
Faculty connected with the institution, and a considerable 
number of students attend annually. A dispensary is at- 
tached, and Hahnemann Hospital, adjoining, on the north, 
gives opportunity for clinical and practical instruction 



180 MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGES. 

This college was instituted in 1846. The building had been pre- 
viously erected for the use of the Philadelphia Institute. 

College of Physicians (Allopathic), N. E. corner of Thir- 
teenth and Locust streets. This institution is one of the 
oldest in the city, having been founded in 1787 and incorpo- 
rated in 1789. The building is of brick, and well adapted for 
the purposes intended. The society is composed of physicians 
only, and they meet twice a month for the discussion of sub- 
jects connected with the science of medicine and its advance- 
ment. For numy years this association met in Locust street 
between Eleventh and Twelfth. The present building was 
completed in ISGo. It contains the Pathological Museum of 
the late Dr. Thomas D. Mutter, with many additions, a val- 
uable library enhanced by donations of Samuel Lewis and 
George Ord, which reaches about 15,000 volumes. Dr. Mut- 
ter left a fund for the support of pathological lectures before 
the institution. 

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, east side of Tenth 
street above Cherry. The building actually occupied by this 
institution is of considerable dimensions and stands back 
from the street. The Tenth street front is merely a place of 
entrance. This college is intended to instruct students for 
the business of apothecaries and physicians, and for "the pur- 
pose of cultivating, improving and making known a know- 
ledge of pharmacy and its collateral branches of science and 
the best modes of preparing medicine and their compounds, 
and of giving instruction in the same by public lectures." 

The College of Pharmacy was cliartered in 1S21, and occupied a 
building on the south side of Zaue street, west of Seventh, for many 
years. The present building has been in use about five years. The 
conrse of instruction is in che.nistry, materia medica, botany and 
practical pharmacy. There are three professors, and there are a 
considerable number of students. 

DENTAL COLLEGES. 
There are two institutions devoted to instruction in the 
theory and practice of dentistry. They are well organized, 
with a large corps of professors and with museums, instru- 



DENTAL COLLEGES, ETC. 181 

ments, implements and everything necessary to add to the 
thoroughness of the instruction. 

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, B. E. corner of 
Tenth and Arch streets, has thirteen professors and assistant 
professors. The building is of brick, four stories in height. 

Philadelphia Dental College, 108 North Tenth street, above 
Arch, also occupies a brick building. There are eight pro- 
fessors. 
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF STATE OF PENNSYLVANLA. 

This institution, located on the south side of Market, be- 
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth, is devoted to instruction 
in technical science, mechanics, engineering, mining, archi- 
tecture and metallurgy. Geology, mineralogy, chemistry, 
mathematics, are also taught, with book-keeping, commercial 
accounts and industrial jurisprudence. The college was 
founded in 1853, and its studies were held for many years in 
the building at the south-west corner of Merrick and Market 
streets. 

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CHAPTER XII. 

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 

THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 

THIS valuable institution will soon be installed in its new 
building, on Race street, opposite Logan square. It is 
a fireproof building, in the Collegiate Gothic style of archi- 
tecture, the exterior walls being faced with green serpentine- 
and the openings trimmed with Ohio sand-stone. The plan 




ACADEMY OF NATURAI. SCIKNCES. 

of the entire building includes room for a library of 80,000 
volumes, cabinets, etc. Apartments for the use of male and 
female artists engaged in copying natural objects, a reading- 
room, in which will be found all the leading scientific periodi- 
cals of the world, as well as work-shops and committee- and 

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184 THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, ETC. 

study-rooms, are provided. A portion of the building will be 
occupied by a handsome lecture-room and laboratory. The 
public are admitted on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. A 
small fee of ten cents is charged. 

The following will give some idea of the size of the collec- 
tion: Natural objects, many of them unique, as the restored 
skeleton of the Hadrosaurus Foulkii, 250,000 specimens; pa- 
Iseontological collection, 65,000 specimens ; mineralogical cab- 
inet, 5000 specimens ; botanical, 70,000 species of plants ; in- 
sect cabinet, 25,000 species; shells, more than 100,000 spe- 
cimens of 20,000 species ; birds, 31,000 specimens (the largest 
collection in the world); reptiles, 800 species; fishes, 1170 
species; mammals, 1000 specimens. Comparative anatomy: 
skeletons, 271; crania, 346; parts of different animals, 259. 
Ethnology: 1200 human crania of different races, 4 human 
mummies, 41 mummified animals. 

The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded January, 1812, by 
seven gentlemen who met together for the purpose of conversing 
upon scientific subjects, and thus communicating to each other the 
results of their reading, observation and reflection, A museum, a 
library of scientific works, a laboratory and philosophical appara- 
tus were the first objects of acquisition. The room of the society 
was first established on North Second street, subsequently on Arch 
street, and for many years in a building at the north-east corner of 
Twelfth and George streets, which had been erected for the purposes 
of a Swedenborgian church. The hall at Sansom and Broad streets 
was erected in 1842, and enlarged by the addition of a third story 
some years afterward, 

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

The rooms of this society are located at 518 South Thirteenth 
street, where may be found a very large collection of speci- 
mens of entomology and the most complete library on the 
subject in the United States, Visitors are admitted free of 
charge on Monday evenings from 7.30 to 10, when they have 
the privilege of the use of the library. 

This society was incorporated in 1862, 

Germantown Scientific Society, 4836 Germantown avenue. 
Useful to the residents of that portion of the city. 



THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. 185 

THE WAGNER INSTITUTE. 
This institution was founded by Professor William Wagner 
in 1855. The building is located at Seventeenth street and 
Montgomery avenue. It contains a valuable library, philoso- 
phical and chemical apparatus, cabinets of minerals, etc. A 
course of free lectures is given every winter in the large lec- 
ture-room, holding over one thousand persons. 

William Wagner was originally a merchant, and having been suc- 
cessful in business retired many years ago. Desiring to put his 
wealth to some good purpose and having scientific tastes, he devoted 
himself to the project of this institution. The ground was pur- 
chased and the large building erected at his expense, and it has been 
maintained for twenty years as a means of benefit to the people. 
The winter lectures comprise a course, and they are delivered by 
gentlemen of scientific ability. 

American Philosophical Society was founded in May, 1763, 
upon the union of two societies, one of which was the Junto, 
of which Benjamin Franklin was a member. The new society 
was established in 1743. (See chapter on Independence Hall 
and Square.) 

THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 

East side of south Seventh below Market street. This 
society was organized in 1824 for the promotion of the me- 
chanic arts. The building which it occupies is of Pennsyl- 
vania marble, a plain and unassuming edifice, and contains a 
library, lecture-room and museum. It is well worthy of a 
visit, and can be seen daily on application at the hall. 

This institution was incorporated March 30, 1824. It maintained 
a library and reading-room for many years. For some years it gave 
exhibitions of the progress of American manufactures, which were 
held in the old Masonic Hall building on Chestnut street and the 
museum building, Ninth and George. Lectures were given during 
winter seasons, and a drawing-school has been maintained for many 
years. The " Journal of the Franklin Institute " is the oldest ex- 
tant periodical for mechanics published in America. 

ZOOLOGICAL, SOCIETY AND ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
This attractive addition to the sights of Philadelphia is 
under the control of a society composed of stockholders, 
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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND GARDENS. 



whose original subscriptions formed the basis upon which 
the buildings were erected and the collection secured. The 
location, directly on the banks of the Schuylkill, is unsurpassed, 
and the shade of a beautiful grove of forest trees secures the 
visitor from the heat of the summer sun. The buildings, for 
comfort and convenience, are unexcelled in any country in 




THE MONKKY-HOITSE. 

Europe, and the care taken of the animals and the general 
cleanliness of the surroundings have been commented upon 
by all visitors. The total amount of land occupied by this 
garden is thirty-three acres, which is laid out very handsomely 
with walks and flower-beds, and the stream crossed by rustic 
bridges. The collection of animals and birds so far made is 
most creditable, and while comprising those usually met with 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND GARDENS. 



189 



in menageries has many rare additions, constantly increased 
either by donation or purchase. The admission fee is twenty- 
five cents, with half rate for children. The Zoological Garden 
can be reached by boats on the Schuylkill, and by the street 
cars via Girard avenue, and also via Race and Vine streets. 




THE BEAR-PIXS. 



In this enclosure are the following large buildings: first, 
Penn's mansion of Solitude, now appropriated to various 
purposes (see Chapter XXVIII.), the Carnivora House, with 
outdoor cages, a very large building, the aviary, the monkey- 
house, the eagle-house, the elephant- and rhinoceros-house, 
bear-pits and other buildings, besides large numbers of pens, 
cages, etc. The cost of the buildings is already above $150,000. 

The Zoological Society was incorporated in 1859, and a site allotted 
to its use by the State of Pennsylvania in Fairmount Park. For four- 



190 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND GARDENS, ETC. 

teen years very little was done toward establishing the societ>' on a 
permanent basis. In June, 1873, the Park Commissioners granted 
the society the ground on the west side of the river now occupied by 
the collection, and from that time the work was prosecuted with 
great vigilance and spirit. The gardens were first opened July 1, 
1874. 

THE HOBTICULTURAX. SOCIETY. 
Hall, east side of Broad street north of Spruce street, ad- 
joining the Academy of Music. This is the oldest society 
devoted to horticulture in the United States. Semi-annual 
exhibitions are held of plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables, 
as well as of horticultural implements. Liberal premiums 
are awarded to successful competitors. The society po^esses 
a large and well -selected library of works on horticulture and 
kindred subjects. The hall is extensive and covers a large 
space of ground, being 75 feet front by 200 feet deep. The 
front is of sandstone, handsomely ornamented with brown- 
stone trimmings. The main apartment is one of the largest 
in the city, devoted to meetings, etc. Besides the purposes of 
the society, this hall is frequently used for lectures, balls, 
concerts, etc. 

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was formed in the year 
1829 by gentlemen interested in botanical and horticultural pursuits. 
The objects of the society are '' promoting and encouraging horti- 
culture by improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits 
and flowers, and of introducing into our country new varieties and 
species." The society was incorporated in 1831. It gave exhibitions 
for many years in the old museum building and other places, and 
once or twice upon one of the public squares. The present building 
was commenced in 1866 and opened for use 29th of May, 1867. 

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture occupies a 
portion of the building on the south-west corner of Ninth 
and Walnut streets. This is the oldest agricultural society 
in the United States, and was instituted 1857. It holds 
monthly meetings, has a cabinet and library, has in former 
years awarded many premiums for improvements in agricul- 
ture, and has published several volumes of memoirs of its 
transactions. 



CHAPTER XIII. 
PAINTING, SCULPTURE, MUSIC. 

THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. 

rilHE new academy building is situated at the south-west 
-*- corner of Broad and Cherry streets, entirely covering the 
lot of two hundred and sixty feet in length on Cherry street, 
and one hundred feet front on Broad street. It is thoroughly 




THE ACADEMY OF FINE AKTS. 

fireproof, and the dwellings of the janitor, curator and porter 
are so disposed as to properly guard it. 

The structure, of Byzantine or Venetian style of architecture, 
is of mingled brick and stone. Over the portal on Broad street 
stands a mutilated colossal statue in marble of the goddess Ceres 
like a presiding genius of antique art ; for is not all art since 

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192 acadp:my of the fine arts. 

Michael Angelo founded on the grand principles evolved by 
him out of the ancient buried masterpieces just then discov- 
ered and reinstalled to gladden the sight and mould the taste 
of after generations ? This noble fragment was dug up at 
Megara, in Greece, and was brought thence by Commodore 
Patterson and presented by him to the academy. The column 
beneath it, dividing the entrance into two, is of polished 
Aberdeen granite, as are also those that decorate the windows 
and door, and the smaller ones of the central balcony and 
under the cornice. In panels between these latter, and also in 
the arches of the upper cornice, are inlaid encaustic tiles, rich 
in color and gold. The carved spandrels of the arch over the 
mullioned window also have inlaid borders of colored tiles, 
through which flow veins of gold in gracefully waving lines. 
On either side of the western window are great slabs of stone, 
to be wrought hereafter into figures typical of painting and 
sculpture. On nine other slabs of smaller size are to be 
sculptured medallion portraits of prominent representative 
men distinguished in the arts. 

The lower story, devoted principally to educational uses, 
furnishes accommodation for the board of directors' room, a 
library and print-room fifty -four feet in length by twenty-four, 
a lecture-room sixty feet by forty, a life-class room nearly 
forty feet square, with adjoining studio for painting drapeiy 
and still-life, a modelling-room, and five galleries of casts 
from the antique averaging more than thirty feet- in width 
each, so that students may obtain sufficient distance when 
drawing from the figures. Ample room is provided for put- 
ting away unfinished work of the student safe from accidental 
injury, as well as every other convenience and comfort that 
could be devised. 

The schools are conducted on the liberal plan of offering 
all their advantages gratuitously, merely obliging the appli- 
cant to show a drawing indicating suflicient capacity. Lec- 
tures on artistic anatomy form an essential feature, and per- 
spective and a general knowledge of architectural styles are 
imparted, the whole being directed by competent professors. 



ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. 193 

The second story is reached from a noble hall forty feet 
square by a grand flight of stairs fifteen feet in breadth, each 
step a single block of stone. Above the landing there are 
three diverging flights, one, of the original width, continuing 
the stairway in the same direction to the sculpture gallery, 
while two narrower ones form returning wings to right and 
left. This portion of the structure is the only part in which 
much architectural display could be attempted. It is en- 
riched by no less than thirty-one polished columns of rose- 
crystal marble with polished black marble bases and richly- 
sculptured capitals. Eighteen of them support the pointed 
arches which enclose three sides of the hall on the second 
story ; seven support the stair-landing before referred to, and 
from four of massive proportions, the most beautiful in color 
and quality, springs the ponderous archway that spans the 
main stairway. On the remaining two rest the abutments of 
the arch over the flight of entrance to the sculpture gallery. 

The galleries of the upper story, all of them lighted from 
the ceiling, are divided into three ranges running east and 
west, the middle one being appropriated to marble sculpture 
and original models owned by the academy. Midway of this 
gallery extends north and south a transept of more than thirty 
feet in breadth, and at the intersection, enlarged into a grand 
central hall, is placed the heroic group by Lough of the " Bat- 
tle of the Centaurs and Lapithse." Around it, and in the 
south transept, are assembled the more important marbles 
belonging to the academy — the "Jerusalem" by Story, 
"Penelope" by Rinaldini, "Deborah" by Lombardi, "Hero 
and Leander" by Steinhauser, "The Prodigal Son" by 
Mosier, Powers' bust of "Proserpine," Palmer's "Spring," 
and other fine specimens of the statuary art. 

The range of galleries on the north side of the building is 
for the accommodation of the annual or other transient ex- 
hibitions, while the range on the south side, consisting of six 
galleries, three on either side the sculpture transept, contains 
the permanent collection. In each of these latter galleries is 
an important painting by a deceased American artist of dis- 
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194 ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, 

tinction, from wliicli it receives its designation. Thus, " Death 
on the Pale Horse " and " Paul and Silas " give name to the 
Benjamin West gallery; the "Eaising of the Dead Man" 
names the Allston gallery; "The Murder of Clifford" the 
Leslie gallery ; the whole length " Portrait of Washington " 
the Stuart gallery ; " Cooke as Eichard III." the Sully gallery ; 
" Pat Lyon " the Neagle gallery. Thus the oldest American 
art academy enshrines the memory of pioneers of the profes- 
sion, all of whom may be regarded as Philadelphian except 
Allston, who is national. 

Among other noteworthy pictures in this collection may be 
mentioned "The Belief of Leyden" by Wittkamp, "Mac- 
chiavelli and Csesar Borgia" by Farruffini, "Parisina" by 
Gastaldi. Numbers of other pictures of nearly equal import- 
ance would extend this brief notice beyond our limit, if the 
attempt were made to particularize further. Suffice it to say 
that the institution and its contents are a credit not merely to 
the city, but to the continent. 

The large gallery in the north-western angle of the building 
is divided by columns into three compartments, the w^estern 
division of which is styled the Gilpin gallery, after the Hon. 
Henry D. Gilpin, a former president of the academy, and lib- 
eral donor to it. The six marble statues, reproductions of 
antiques, and the copies in oil after Andrea del Sarto, Claude 
Lorraine, Salvator Rosa and others, which adorn it, were col- 
lected by him in Italy, and now occupy the place he designed 
for them. The remaining two divisions of this gallery will 
receive an important collection of fine paintings which has 
been secured, and which will add greatly to its art-wealth. 

This institution was organized in 1805, at a meeting in Independ- 
ence Hall, by seventy-one gentleraen, a majority of whom were mem- 
bers of the bar. Early in the succeeding yenr an aet of incorporation 
was obtained, and later in the same year a building on Chestnut 
street above Tenth was completed and occupied, thus forming the 
oldest academy of the fine arts in the United States.. The first struc- 
ture, after many additions had been made to it, was partially de- 
stroyed by fire in 1845, when quite a number of valuable works of 
art perished, among them a fine original picture by Murillo of the 



ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. 195 

^' Roman Daughter," which had been presented by Joseph Bona- 
parte, ex-king of Spain, and the entire gallery of fine casts from the 
antique, a donation from the first Napoleon, besides many other 
works, original models, etc., in the same room. 

In 1846 a new building was erected on a much larger scale than 
the first, and was made in great measure fireproof. But the grow- 
ing wants of the institution very soon demanded more space, and 
finally, in the year 1870, the property was sold, and a theatre now 
occupies the site. 

There are also many private collections in the city that 
would richly repay a visit. Among them may be named 
that of Mr. Henry C. Gibson, 1612 Walnut street, probably 
the finest in the country, and particularly rich in specimens 
of modern French and Spanish art — viz., fine works of For- 
tuny, Cabanel, Schenck, Breton, Detaille, Schreyer, Troyon, 
GerSme, Meissonnier, Rosa Bonheur, Rousseau, Corst, Millet, 
Diaz, Munkacsy, Villegas, Aug. Bonheur, Van Marke, etc., etc. 

Mr. James L. Claghorn, 222 West Logan square, has a fine 
gallery adjoining his reception-room, and here are excellent 
examples of Knauss, Vibert, Rosa Bonheur, Schreyer and 
other great artists, as well as "The Spirit of the Waterfall," 
undoubtedly the finest poem on canvas of the late lamented 
T. Buchanan Read, some of the best of the works of Rother- 
mel. Church, Bierstadt, Kensett and other prominent Ameri- 
cans. Mr. Claghorn has also a superb collection of engrav- 
ings, possibly the finest private one in America. 

Mr. Wm. B. Bement, 1812 Spring Garden street, has a noble 
collection, a few representative names of which are Tissot, 
Peralti, Schreyer, Zamacois, Madrazzo and others. 

Mr. Adolph E. Borie, 1025 Spruce street, has a collection 
almost entirely of the works of French artists, with notable 
examples of Fortuny, Zamacois, Merle, Hamon, Troyon, 
Rousseau, Noel, Dupr6, several wonderful in color by Isa'bey, 
and others equally important. 

Mr. Fairman Rogers, 202 West Rittenhouse square, has some 
charming works of Meyer von Bremen, Carl HofF, Isabey, 
Madrazza, Herzog, and the fine and well-known " Mayflower " 
by Boughton, and other noble works. 



196 ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. 

Mr. J. W. Bates, 1814 Chestnut street, has a number of fine 
English pictures, Jutsum, Erskine Nicol and other masters 
being well represented, also a collection of Belgian and Ger- 
man works, important and valuable. 

Mr. Geo. Whitney, 247 North Eighteenth street, has a gal- 
lery and water-color room adjoining, filled with specimens of 
modern art, wellnigh perfect, and among which selections of 
American artists are well mingled. Here are the very finest 
efi'orts of Church, Giff"ord, Kensett, Brown, Guy, E. L. Henry, 
W. T. Richards, Eastman Johnson, Lambdin, Boughton, and 
from abroad pictures by Detaille, Vibert, Meyer von Bremen, 
Salentin, Breton, Goubie, Delers, Very, Jazet, Bougereau, 
Jacques, Parcutti, Landelle and others. Two or three of the 
sculptures of Palmer, of Albany, find worthy place in this 
collection. 

The gallery of the late Jos. Harrison, Jr., 221 South Eigh- 
teenth street, contains many fine paintings by Wittkamp, of 
Antwerp, and Rothermel's most remarkable picture, " King 
Lear," some fine statuary, and many works of interest. 

Mrs. Wilstach, at Eighteenth and Walnut streets, has many 
most remarkable modern French and Belgian pictures, a col- 
lection quite unknown to the public, but soon, it is hoped, to 
be more accessible. 

Mr. S. B. Fales, 707 Vine street, has a large number of 
excellent English, French and Belgian works, some exqui- 
site water-color drawings, valuable engravings, illustrated 
works, etc., etc. His collection includes one or more of the 
finest specimens of Hasenclever, one or more by Hasenpflug, 
Diaz, Verboeckhoven, Von Schendel, Jutsum, Richardson and 
others. There are still many other private collections in Phil- 
adelphia, not all as extensive as those remarked above, but 
which contain many hidden gems. 

The collection of Hon. Henry C. Carey, 1102 Walnut street, 
is one which has not been added to within the past twenty 
years, and consists of well-selected and now most rare speci- 
mens of Sully, Leslie, Leutze, Huntingdon and others— the 
famous original " Mercy's Dream" being a prominent picture. 



LITERARY AND ART ASSOCIATIONS. 197 

Mr. J. Gillingham Fell, 1406 Walnut street, has a remark- 
able Merle, "The Maniac," also "The Beggar Boys," by 
Dore, and some of the finest efforts of Aschenbach, Herzog 
and others. Access to these collections is in many cases 
made easy by cards, to be found at the principal art gal- 
leries, while in others the simple presentation of the visitor's 
card is sufficient to procure an entrance. 

LITERARY AND ART ASSOCIATIONS. 

Philadelphia Sketch-Club has its rooms at 524 Walnut 
street. It has a gallery, and is resorted to weekly by artists 
and amateurs. The club was founded in 1861. 

The School of Design for Women, south-west corner of 
Merrick and Filbert streets, occupies a building extending 
through to Fifteenth street. This institution is designed for 
the instruction of women in drawing, sculpture and painting. 
It is maintained by the contributions of members of the so- 
ciety. The course of instruction is practical and particu- 
larly relates to the decorative arts. The teaching is espe- 
cially directed to making the talent of the pupils available 
in the industrial arts, so that their avocations may be pleasing 
and profitable. This institution originated under the patron- 
age and assistance of the Franklin Institute. It was estab- 
lished in 1850, and for some time had its rooms at 70 Walnut 
street. When the means of the society permitted, the present 
building was purchased and fitted for the purpose of a school. 
It has been occupied for some years with much advantage. 
Access by Market street passenger railway. 

Faipmount Park Art Association, office, 708 Walnut street. 
This society is devoted to the embellishing of Fairmount 
Park with objects of art. The members make an annual 
payment of five dollars each. They numbered at the end of 
1875 about 1300, and ensured an annual income of $6500. 
The association has placed in the Park since its organization, 
February 2, 1872, " Night," bronze statue by Shoch ; " Hud- 
son Bay AVolves," bronze, by Kemys ; " II Penseroso," marble, 



198 LITERARY AND ART ASSOCIATIONS. 

by Mozier; and is ready to set up the "Dying Lioness," by 
Wolff of Berlin, consisting of four figures, life size. 

Musical Fund Society, hall. Locust street above Eighth, 
south side. This building was for many years the fashion- 
able one for concerts, lectures and balls. The grand saloon 
is considered the most perfect hall for hearing and for the 
delivery of music in the United States. The building is of 
brick, with rough-cast front in plain style. The concert-room, 
on the second floor, is 60 by 110 feet. The building was orig- 
inally constructed for a church, to be occupied by the Eev. 
Mr. Birch ; but the congregation failing, the unfinished build- 
ing was bought by the Musical Fund Society in 1824, and 
opened for concerts in that year. In this building the most 
eminent artists have performed. Among them may be men- 
tioned Malibran, Sontag, Jenny Lind, Alboni, Grisi, Braham, 
Mario, De Begnis and others, and among instrumental 
performers, Ole Bull, Sivori, Goldschmidt, Vieuxtemps and 
others. 

The Musical Fund Society was formed 1820 for the "relief of 
distressed musicians and their families, and the cultivation of profi- 
ciency in the musical art." The association was chartered 1823. 
The concerts at one time embraced the finest professional and am- 
ateur musicians. Frequently there were 120 performers in the or- 
chestra. 

Hande! and Haydn Hall, north-east corner of Eighth and 
Spring Garden, a large building, four stories high, devoted 
to concerts by the Handel and Haydn Musical Society, etc. 
This association was formed for the study and practice of 
sacred music, and has been in existence for many years. Con- 
certs of sacred music are given at certain periods. 



CHAPTEE XIV. 
LIBRARY COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 

PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY. 

THIS venerable institution is located on the north-east 
corner of Fifth and Library streets, between Chestnut 
and Walnut. The building is of brick, with marble trim- 
mings. The corner-stone was laid 31st of August, 1789, the 
design being the plan of Dr. William Thornton, a mem- 
ber, and finished October, 1790. The statue of Benjamin 
Franklin, placed in a niche in the front, was presented by 
William Bingham, first United States Senator from Pennsyl- 
vania. It was executed by Francisco Lazzarini of Carrara, 
in Italy. 

The Loganian Library is united with the Philadelphia 
Library, and principally kept in an apartment east of the 
main building, but connected with it. This library comprises 
a collection of books bequeathed by James Logan, the first 
secretary to William Penn, and at one time chief-justice of the 
Province of Pennsylvania. By his will Logan ordered that 
his library, which was very rich in classic authors and con- 
tained many rare and curious books in the ancient languages, 
should be maintained for ever for the use of the citizens of 
Philadelphia, members of his own family being hereditary 
librarians. The Loganian Library was placed in a building 
erected for the purpose at the north-west corner of Sixth 
and Walnut streets, where it remained for nearly forty years. 
By negotiation, in 1791, it was agreed that the Loganian be 
transferred to the care of the Philadelphia Library Company, 
to be held upon the original trusts. Valuable estates for the 
support and increase of the Loganian Library went with the 

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200 



PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY. 



transfer also. The present librarian of the Philadelphia 
Library is hereditary librarian under the Logan will. The 
Loganian Library is always open for consultation by any 
respectable person who may apply, and conveniences for 
reading and writing are in the library. Books of the Phila- 
delphia Library are liberally opened to the same privilege. 
There are many literary relics and bibliographical curiosities 




PHir.ADEIiPHIA LIBRARY. 

that will well repay a visit. The library comprises about 
100,000 volumes. Visitors are admitted from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 
daily, excepting Sundays. 

, The Philadelphia Libraiy Company was instituted by a small 
number of persons, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Hopkin- 
son, Thomas Cadwalader, Eobert Grace and others, July 1, 1731. 




The New Ri 




AY Library. 



PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY, ETC. 201 

It became of some importance when the first importation of books 
from London, valued at £45,815, arrived, in 1732. It gradually 
attracted subscribers and met with favor, as it was started on the 
then unusual plan of a lending library, the members being allowed 
to take the books to their homes. It received many donations of 
books and moneys. It absorbed, before the Revolution, three library 
companies instituted for similar objects. The library was first 
opened in 1732 in a room in Jones or Pewter Platter alley, between 
Front and Second streets. In 1773 it was removed to Carpenters' 
Hall. In 1790 went to the present building. 

THE RIDGWAY LIBRARY. 

This building is located upon a lot which extends from 
Broad to Thirteenth and from Carpenter to Christian streets. 
The exterior walls are of granite, with a frontage of 220 feet 
and a depth of 105 feet, and three porticoes, one in the centre 
and one at each end. The main hall will be devoted to the 
library, and the wings for reading-rooms. 

Dr. James Rush, a son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who died May 26, 
1869, by his will left a large amount of money, estimated at a mil- 
lion and a half of dollars, to his executor in trust that he would erect 
a building suitable for the use of a library of large proportions, and 
devoted money to its support. By the will Dr. Rush directed that 
this bequest should be appropriated to the use of the Philadelphia 
Library Company, if the shareholders would accept the gift subject 
to the restrictions named in the will. In that case the institution 
was to be named the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library. 
In case the bequest should be refused. Dr. Rush ordered that the in- 
stitution should be opened as a free library, under the name of the 
Ridgway Library. Ihe Philadelphia Library Company is not com- 
pelled to decide upon the subject until the building is finished. At 
the present time the question is unsettled, and great opposition has 
been expressed by many of the stockholders against acceptance of 
the gift, on account of the location of the library building, and also 
by dislike of the restrictions in Dr. Rush's will. The name Ridg- 
way was adopted by Dr. Rush from the maiden name of his wife, 
a daughter of Jacob Ridgway, a rich merchant of Philadelphia, 
through whom the wealth devised for this purpose was derived. 

MERCANTILE LIBRARY. 
The Mercantile Library is located on the west side of Tenth 
street between Chestnut and Market. The building has been 



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MERCANTILE LIBRARY. 



specially prepared for the purpose, and both in location and 
arrangement is very convenient for its thousands of readers. 
The number of volumes in the library is now about 128,000. 
There are also over 500 periodical publications, including 




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MERCANTILE LIBRA KY. 



both foreign and American. There are very pleasant rooms 
attached for conversation, correspondence, chess, reading, etc., 
etc. The present membership is estimated at over 12,000. 
Rooms open every day from 9 A. m. to 10 P. M. Visitors from 
abroad are invited to visit the rooms. 

This association was formed in the year 1820 for the benefit of 
young men employed in the various mercantile establishments in 
the city. The collection was first opened for use in the second 
story of No. 100 Chestnut street on the 19th of January, 1821. The 
society was incorporated in 1822. It was afterward removed to the 
American Sunday-school Union building, Chestnut sti'eet above 
Sixth, opposite the theatre. In 1844 the company bought a lot on 
the south-east corner of Fifth and Library streets, whereon was 
erected a fine building, with marble basement story, and brick 
covered with mastic for the second story. A poi-tico of six columns 



MERCANTILE LIBKARY, ETC. 203 

fronts on Fifth street. The present building, which was originally 
erected by the Franklin Market Company, was purchased in 1868, 
fitted up for the library and opened July 15, 1869. The size of the 
building is 80 feet front by 300 deep, 

ATHEN^UM LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM. 
This library is located on the south-east corner of Sixth 
and Adelphi streets, below Walnut. The building is of 
brownstone, in the Palladian style of architecture, present- 
ing a chaste and beautiful appearance. It is 50 feet front on 
Sixth street and 125 on Adelphi, and 58 feet high, and in 
character and appearance is considered one of the finest 
buildings in the city. The first floor is occupied by the 
offices of the controllers of the public schools. 

This institution originated in the year 1813 by the efforts of a 
few young men of literary taste who felt the want of a place of com- 
mon resort during their leisure-hours. They agreed to have a read- 
ing-room and library. The association was organized February 9, 
1814, and had its room over Carey's book-store. Fourth and Chestnut 
streets. A few years afterward the institution rented the first story 
of Philosophical Hall, Fifth street below Chestnut, which it occu- 
pied for some years. The corner-stone of the present building was 
laid November 1, 1845, and the building opened October 18, 1847. 

APPRENTICES' LIBRARY. 
The Apprentices' Library, south-west corner of Fifth and 
Arch streets, is the only free library in the city. It was estab- 
lished in the year 1820 "for the use of apprentices and other 
young persons, without charge of any kind for the use of 
books." The boys' library contains over 15,000 volumes and 
the girls' library 8600 volumes, all of which have been selected 
with care and discretion. Since its commencement 48,000 
boys and 20,000 girls have enjoyed the advantages of this 
institution. A reading-room has recently been established 
for men, and the large attendance every evening proves its 
great value to the city. This building is open daily for the 
reception of visitors, who will be cordially welcomed. 

This excellent institution was instituted in 1820 and incorporated 
on the 2d of April, 1821. It is supported by the contributions of 



204 apprentices' and friends' libraries. 



apprentices' library. 
members. The library was originally opened in Carpenters' Hall. 
Afterward it was removed to a room on the north side of Carpenter 
(now Jayne) street, east of Seventh, and at a later period to the old 
Mint building, Seventh street below Arch. About twenty-five years 
ago the company leased the Free Quaker meeting-house. Fifth and 
Arch streets, which has been occupied ever since. 

FRIENDS' LIBRARY. 

This collection of books is located at 304 Arch street, and 
comprises over 7000 volumes, largely relating to Quakers, 
their progress and history. Visitors are admitted on the 
introduction of members. 

This library belongs to the " Four Monthly Meetings of Friends." 
It commenced in a bequest of books by Thomas Chalkley in 1741, 
which were increased by a bequest of John Peniberton in 1794, and 
by other gifts. Many of the books are rare— very rare. Some vol- 
umes are believed to be the only copies extant. 



friends' library, etc. 205 

Friends' Library, Eace street west of Fifteenth. This col- 
lection is also largely devoted to publications connected with 
Quaker history. It was established in the year 1834 in the 
meeting-house, Cherry street below Fifth, and was removed 
when the congregation went farther west. The number of 
volumes is about 7000. 

Law Association Library, south-east corner of Sixth and 
Walnut streets, was founded in 1802 by members of the bar 
for the purpose of obtaining a complete collection of law- 
books available for consultation and within reach of the 
courts for ready reference. There are several thousand vol- 
umes, and the collection is considered very complete. This 
library was for many years kept in the court-house building. 

Southwaric Library Company, Second street below German, 
is a stock company founded January 18, 1822, and has about 
10,000 volumes. 

Mechanics' Institute, Southwark, Fifth street below Wash- 
ington avenue. Incorporated 1852. Occupies its own build- 
ing, has a reading-room, and a library of about 4000 volumes. 
Lectures on literary and scientific subjects are delivered 
during the winter season. 

City Institute, hall north-east corner of Eighteenth and 
Chestnut streets, has a library of about 3000 volumes. The 
building is of brick, 44 feet by 120, and was dedicated March, 
1855. There is a reading-room, lectures being given in the 
hall. The institution is sustained by the members for the 
benefit of young persons of both sexes. 

Spring Garden Institute, north-east corner of Broad and 
Spring Garden streets, occupies a large rough-cast building, 
which was finished in 1853. This institution is also main- 
tained for the benefit of the young, owns a library of 5000 
volumes, contains a reading-room, has lectures, etc. 

Moyamensing Institute Library, corner of Eleventh and 
Catharine streets. Founded July 1, 1852, as a branch of the 
Philadelphia Institute, but is now independent of it. The 
corner-stone of the present building was laid November 18, 
1852. The number of volumes is about 4000. 
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206 KENSINGTON INSTITUTE LIBRARY, ETC. 

Kensington Institute Library, corner of Girard avenue and 
Day street. Incorporated 1853. The society maintains read- 
ing-rooms, a library, etc. 

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 820 Spruce street, was 
founded December 2, 1824, and incorporated June 2, 1826. 
The library contains 17,000 volumes. There are a great num- 
ber of relics and curiosities. The building is 68 feet wide and 
42 feet deep. 

This association kept its collection for many years in the rooms of 
the American Philosophical Society, Fifth street below Chestnut, 
afterward at 115 South Sixth street, and subsequently in the upper 
stories of the Athenteum building, on South Sixth street. The new 
hall was dedicated March 11, 1872. 

Library of Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, south-west 
corner of Eighteenth and Chestnut streets. This association 
owns some valuable books treating upon subjects for which 
the association was formed, and has a collection of coins and 
curiosities. It was incorporated 1858. 

Library of Friends' Historical Association, organized in 
1875, kept in the Pennsylvania Historical Society's hall. 

Library of Baptist Historical Society, 530 Arch street. 

Library of Methodist Historical Society, 1018 Arch street. 

Library of Presbyterian Historical Society, 1334 Chestnut 
street. 

OTHER LIBRARIES. 
There are associations of importance treated of in other 
parts of this work, the main objects of which are not con- 
nected with collecting books, but which maintain libraries. 
Among them may be mentioned the German Society library, 
24 South Seventh street, which is a very considerable collec- 
tion — probably 10,000 volumes. The scientific institutions, 
colleges and many other associations maintain libraries. In 
1870, according to the United States census returns, there 
were nearly 3700 libraries in Philadelphia, public and pri- 
vate, belonging to corporations and individuals, embracing 
the collections of citizens, etc. They comprise 2,985,770 vol- 
umes. 



CHAPTER XV. 

HOSPITALS. 

Pennsylvania Hospital occupies the square bounded by 
Eighth and Ninth, Spruce and Pine streets. The entrance is 
upon Eighth street. The main building fronts on the south, 
stands a considerable distance from the street, is open to view 
upon Pine street through a palisade fence, and is surrounded 
with trees and flowers. In the garden is a statue of William 
Penn of lead bronzed, which was presented to the institution 
by John Penn, grandson of the founder. The main building 
is connected with the wings by long wards. It is surmounted 
by a dome and balustrade 72 feet in height. The wings are 
ornamented by small cupolas. The main building is 64 feet 
front, the wards 80 feet front, and the wings 27 feet each. 
The entire front is 278 feet in width. The end wings extend 
110 feet. There is in addition a hall lately erected for 
surgical clinics, and several other buildings on the premises. 
There is a valuable anatomical museum, containing, among 
other things, models of all parts of the human l>ody in wax, 
which were once the property of Doctor Abraham Chovet, a 
noted physician of the last century. 

The hospital has been from its foundation a blessing to the 
sick and miserable. Thousands of patients have been treated 
within its walls, many of whom have been permanently cured 
or greatly relieved. The gates of the hospital are always 
open for the reception of persons in any way injured by 
accidents of recent occurrence and needing surgical assistance. 
Nearly one hundred thousand patients have been admitted to 
this hospital since its establishment, and over fifty thousand 
of these have been poor patients supported by the institution. 

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HOSPITALS. 209 

This is the oldest hospital in the city, and the first one established 
in any of the American colonies. The foundation of this worthy 
institution was proposed about the year 1750 by Doctor Thomas Bond, 
who had experienced the want of such an establishment in the course 
of his practice. It was not difiicult to enlist the attention of the 
benevolent in such a plan. The assembly of the province granted 
a charter of incorporation to the contributors and made an appro- 
priation of £2000. More than that amount was realized from private 
subscriptions ; and in February, 1752, the hospital went into opera- 
tion in a house in Market street, between Fifth and Sixth. Two years 
afterward the lot of ground on which the hospital is now built was 
purchased, and the foundation-stone laid on the 28th of May, 1755, 
bearing upon it an appropriate inscription written by Doctor Ben- 
jamin Franklin. The eastern wing was finished as soon as possible, 
and the institution went into operation. The western wing was not 
commenced until after the Revolution, and the centre building was 
finished about the year 1805. 

Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane (male department), 
between West Chester and Haverford roads, west of Forty- 
third street. The first provision for the care and treatment 
of the insane in America was made in the Pennsylvania 
Hospital as early as 1751, and a portion of the buildings was 
always kept for that purpose. But the number very much 
increasing and interfering with the sick, efforts were made for 
the establishment of a separate hospital for the cure and treat- 
ment of persons deprived of their reason. Contributions to a 
very large amount of money were received. A lot of ground, 
farm property, containing one hundred and eleven acres, was 
purchased. The corner-stone of the building was laid 22d 
of June, 1836, and the hospital opened for the reception of 
patients January 1, 1841. The principal building and wings 
present a front of 436 feet, three stories in height. The centre 
building is 96 feet deep and 63 feet wide. It is built of cut 
stone, and ornamented with a Doric portico. The wings run 
north and south from the centre building. There are lodges 
and other buildings for the purpose of separating the patients, 
according to the nature of their disease. There is a workshop, 
a library, a museum and a reading-room. The enclosure is 
beautifully laid out as a pleasure-ground. The building 
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210 HOSPITALS. 

will accommodate two hundred and fifty patients, and when 
originally constructed was intended for the use of male and 
female patients. But the numbers increasing, another build- 
ing was erected. 

Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane (female department). 
It is situate west of the former and fronts on Forty-ninth 
street, and has accommodations for two hundred and fifty 
patients. The buildings were commenced July, 1856, and 
finished and opened for use in 1859. In size and general 
appearance this building resembles the older one, but their 
architectural difference the practiced eye will easily observe. 
Access to both branches of the Insane Hospital by cars of 
the Market street line, Haddington branch. 

Philadelphia Hospital is conducted as a branch of the 
Blockley Almshouse, and is, as we have said, the oldest hospital 
in the country. The insane department connected with this 
hospital is crowded beyond its capacity, and contains on the 
average more than one thousand patients. 

Wills Hospital for diseases of the eye, south side of Eace 
street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth. Building of New- 
Jersey freestone, 80 feet long, 50 feet deep, with pavilion 
wards 90 feet long. This institution is devoted to the treat- 
ment of eye diseases not only among the patients who remain 
within its walls, but by clinical assistance to all who may 
choose to repair to it. There is a large and skilful corps of 
surgeons, who operate daily free of charge. 

This institution owes its foundation to the benevolence of James 
Wills, a grocer, who died in 1825, and by his last will bequeathed to 
the city of Philadelphia a sum of money which at the completion 
of the building had accumulated to $122,548. Several other legacies 
have been added to the fund, which is under control of the Board 
of Public Trusts. The corner-stone was laid April 2, 1832, and the 
hospital opened March 3, 1834. The pavilions were dedicated Octo- 
ber 11, 1875. 

Friends' Asylum, for the treatment of persons deprived of 
their reason, Adams street, west of Frankford village. The 
institution was founded 1811 by members of the Society of 



HOSPITALS. 211 

Friends, and a constitution adopted June, 1813. It occupies a 
large tract of ground handsomely laid out and well cultivated. 
The buildings are 308 feet front, three stories high. There is 
a central building and wings, which are plain but well suited 
to the object intended. They were finished and occupied on 
the 15th of June, 1817. There are accommodations for about 
seventy-five patients, also a reading-room and a library. This 
institution was one of the first for the separate treatment of 
the insane established in the United States. 

Preston Retreat, Hamilton street, from Twentieth to Twenty- 
first street, A very handsome marble building, with portico 
in firont, wings and central dome. The building is back from 
the street on an eminence, and presents a very fine appearance. 
It is a lying-in hospital, charitably devoted to the use of 
"indigent married women of good moral character, residents 
of the city and county of Philadelphia and the county of 
Delaware." 

Doctor Jonas Preston of Philadelphia, who died in 1836, was a 
member of the Society of Friends. By his will he bequeathed 
$250,000 for the support of this charitable institution. Unfortunately, 
in the succeeding year the suspension of specie payments by the 
banks, and the failure of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, in 
which Doctor Preston was largely interested, crippled the estate to 
such a degree that there were not sufficient funds to justify the 
opening of the building. It remained for eighteen years after it 
was finished unused for the purposes of its foundation ; but for a 
long time it was leased to the Foster Home, a charitable institution. 
By judicious means the managers increased the fund that remained 
until it became available, and on the 1st of May, 1866, the building 
was opened for the purposes which were intended by the founder. 

Municipal Hospital, Hart lane near Twenty-first street. 
Main building and wings of brownstone, with a fi-ont of 
280 feet, two stories in height, with Mansard roof. This in- 
stitution belongs to the city of Philadelphia, and is specially 
intended for the use of persons " laboring under infectious 
diseases." Cases of small-pox, yellow fever, typhus fever 
and cholera are here treated. There is a resident physician, 
appointed by the Board of Health. Poor patients are re- 



212 HOSPITALS. 

ceived without charge. Those able to pay are expected to 

do so. 

This institution succeeds the City Hospital, which was erected by 
the corporation of the city of Philadelphia under authority of an 
act of assembly passed January 17, 1818. It occupied a lot of groun<l 
on the south side of Fairmount avenue, extending from Schuylkill 
Third to Fourth, now Twentieth and Nineteenth streets. The 
building was of brick, with wings, and well calculated for the pur- 
pose intended. The ground becoming too valuable and the institu- 
tion objectionable to the neighborhood, the present hospital was 
built, and opened for use on the 27th of April, 1865. 

St. Joseph's Hospital, south side of Girard avenue from 
Sixteenth to Seventeenth street, occupies a large four-story 
brick building, consisting of a centre building and one wing. 
This institution was founded in 1849, and is under the care 
of the Sisters of Charity of the Eoman Catholic Church. 
The management is not sectarian ; the patients are received 
and treated without reference to religious belief. The capa- 
city is about 250 beds. Patients are received in charity. 
There are also private rooms and accommodations which can 
be engaged for pay. 

Access by Girard avenue (Fourth and Eighth streets) and 
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets passenger railway cars. 

Charity Hospital, 1832 Hamilton street. Chartered 1858. 

.Is supported by private subscriptions. Daily clinics are 

given, with advice and medicines, to the worthy poor. The 

capacity of this institution is not great, but it assists from 

4000 to 5000 patients yearly. 

Access by Spring Garden and by Nineteenth street cars. 
Hospital of Protestant Episcopal Church, south-east corner 
of Lehigh avenue and Front street, occupying a square of 
ground. This splendid establishment is in the Norman style 
of architecture, and is built of brownstone. It has a central 
building and three wings. The chapel adjoins the central 
building, and occupies the whole of that wing or pavilion. 
The depth of the centre building, with the chapel, is 256 feet; 
the depth of the wings is 200 feet; the whole front, including 
the centre building, wings and corridors, is 258 feet. The 



214 HOSPITALS. 

buildings are two and three stories in height. There are 
towers on the angles of each of the two wings, and the gen- 
eral style is imposing and handsome. The hospital, although 
under management of the Episcopal Church, is not sectarian. 
Its doors are open to patients of all creeds, nationalities and 
colors. Its capacity is 300 beds. The building is situate in 
a part of the city which is largely deyoted to manufactures, in 
which severe accidents are very frequent, and its services are 
important to the sick and suffering. 

Access by Powell street and Lehigh avenue branch of Fifth 
and Sixth streets passenger railway. 

This hospital originated in a raeeting of clergy and laity held in 
St. Andrew's chnrch, nnder the auspices of Dr. Alonzo Potter, March 
15, 1851. It was resolved to establish a hospital, and contributions 
were asked for. The daughters of Mrs. Elizabeth Leamy, in 1852, 
presented to the hospital corporation the lot of ground, containing 
five acres and a half, upon which the present buildings were erected. 
The old mansion upon the ground was immediately put in use for 
the purposes of the institution, and the hospital was opened there 
December 11, 1852. In the next year an addition was made to the 
property by the purchase of ground adjoining that presented to the 
institution. The corner-stone of the present building was laid May 
24, 1860. The chapel was consecrated May 28, 1862. The hospital 
was first used on the 31st of July of the same year, the patients be- 
ing 200 wounded soldiers from the army. The building was fully 
completed according to the original plan, and occupied 1874. 

German Hospital, south-west corner of Girard and Corinth- 
ian avenues, is open for the reception of the sick and mis- 
erable, without distinction of nationality, religious creed or 
color. The German language is spoken in the institution, 
and the English also. Physicians and nurses are able to 
speak both. Building of brick, 121 feet in length by 70 and 
100 in width. 

Access by Girard avenue passenger railway cars (Fourth 
and Eighth streets). 

This institution was founded principally by the efforts of citizens 
of German birth and descent, in the year 1860. Contributions were 
sought, and in 1862 a sufficient amount was on hand to justify the 
purchase of a lot. A piece of ground with an old mansion upon it 



HOSPITALS. 215 

was obtained at Twentieth and Norris streets, and preparations were 
made to open a hospital. Before they were completed the United 
States government leased the premises and converted them into a 
hospital, which was occupied by soldiers during the war. Afterward 
the managers of the German Hospital resumed possession of the 
property, and occupied it for hospital purposes. It was opened 1866. 
In 1873 the mansion and lot of ground where the present building 
is were bought. A large wing was constructed; the corner-stone 
was laid June 3, 1874, and the addition dedicated October 13, 1875. 

St. Mary's Hospital, corner of Frankford road and Palmer 
street, occupies a large four-story brick building. It is under 
care of the Franciscan Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, 
and is entirely supported by voluntary contributions. It was 
founded in 1866. Contains 85 beds. Eeceives both medical 
and surgical cases. A dispensary and clinic are attached. 

Access by the Second and Third streets (Frankford branch) 
cars. 

Jewish Hospital, Olney road near York pike, founded 1866, 
admits all sufferers from bodily disease, regardless of religious 
belief, but as far as regards Jewish patients in such manner 
as will conform with the regulations of their religion. 

This institution occupied for many years buildings at Westmin- 
ster avenue and Haverford road. The lot of ground now occu- 
pied was purchased in 1872, and the corner-stone of a hospital 
building laid October 9 of that year. It went into use about the 
beginning of 1874. 

Orthopeedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, 
north-east corner of Seventeenth and Summer streets. Estab- 
lished for the relief of persons suffering from deformities, 
palsies, convulsions, neuralgia and disorders of the organs of 
locomotion. It maintains a medical staff", and has been very 
successfiil. 

Access by Seventeenth street, Eace and Vine streets cars. 

This institution was organized October, 1867, and was at the time 
the only one of the kind in America. Gratuitous treatment is given 
to the poor, with such surgical and mechanical appliances as science 
and modern ingenuity have originated. There is a daily clinical 
service. The cases treated yearly number about 600. The hospital 



216 HOSPITALS. 

was originally established on South Ninth street. The new building 
was purchased in 1872. 

Presbyterian Hospital, corner of Thirty-ninth and Filbert 
streets. This institution is open to all classes of people, with- 
out distinction of race, color or religion. There are accom- 
modations for about 100 patients. 

Access by Eace and Vine streets cars to Thirty-ninth street 
and Lancaster avenue. 

This institution owes its foundation to the appointment of a Com- 
mittee on Hospitals by the Presbyterian Alliance in 1870. At that 
time Professor Courtland Saunders oflfered to the institution, if it 
should be formed, an entire square of ground upon which were his 
mansion and the Courtland Saunders Institute. The gift was not 
absolute, but the terms were so easy and liberal that a valuable 
property, worth at least $50,000, came into the possession of the 
managers of the hospital for a slight expenditure of money. Soon 
after obtaining the charter John A. Brown of Philadelphia made a 
gift of $300,000 to the hospital, the interest to be applied to its sup- 
port. The institution occupies the buildings which were upon the 
ground at the time of donation. They were formally opened July 
1, 1872. A temporary pavilion ward was finished in 1875. A com- 
plete and well-appointed hospital is to be built hereafter. 

Germantown Hospital, Shoemaker lane near Chew street, 
Germantown, was opened in 1870, and is supported by resi- 
dents of the neighborhood. Access by Germantown passenger 
railway cars. 

Children's Hospital, Twenty-second street below Walnut, 
occupies a brick building specially erected for its purpose. 
Children under the age of twelve years are received. There 
are accommodations for about fifty in-door patients. The 
institution is supported by voluntary contributions. The 
Children's Sea-shore Hospital at Atlantic City may be con- 
sidered as a branch of this institution, and was built for the 
purpose of receiving the little sufferers during the hot seasons 
of the year. Access by cars of Walnut, Spruce and Pine 
streets (Fairmount branch), going south. 

Homoeopathic Hospital, Cuthbert street, west of Eleventh, 
is under the control of the Hahnemann Medical College. 
Access by Eleventh, Twelfth, Arch and Market streets cars. 



HOSPITALS. 



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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, south side of 
Spruce street, between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth, occu- 
pies a lot of ground 700 feet on Spruce and Pine streets, and 
320 feet on Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth streets. It is 
directly south of the collegiate building of the university. 
The style of architecture is in harmony with that of the 
other university buildings in the neighborhood, and is of the 
modern collegiate Gothic. The exterior walls are of green 
serpentine, with stone of other colors. The entire building, 




HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

according to the original design, consists of a central building 
three stories high, with Mansard roof and two pavilions, each 
198 feet deep. The front will be 250 feet 6 inches in width. 
The central building and the western building are already 
erected. The wards are in the wings, with space between the 
buildings for ample ventilation and light. The hospital is 
entirely free to all patients needing its services who are resi- 
dents of Pennsylvania. There is a large medical and surgical 
staff, and the best advice is given. Access by Chestnut and 
Walnut streets (Darby or Mount Moriah branch) cars. 

This institution was formed at a meeting of the University of 
Pennsylvania on the 12th of June, 1871. On the 3d of April, 1872, 
the legislature appropriated $100,000 for the purpose of constructing 
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218 HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES. 

the hospital, on condition that $250,000 should be raised by subscrip- 
tion, and that two hundred free beds should be for ever maintained. 
The prescribed amount was raised; and on April 9, 1873, $100,000 
more was appropriated, on condition that the university would give 
$100,000 and support two hundred more free beds. This amount 
was also raised ; and with $200,000 from the State and $300,000 from 
subscriptions, measures were taken to commence the building. In 
May, 1872, City Councils granted a lot of ground for the site of the 
hospital buildings. Work was soon afterward commenced ; and on 
the 4th of June, 1874, the main building and west pavilion, capable 
of accommodating one hundred and forty-six patients, were com- 
pleted and formally dedicated. 

Woman's Hospital, corner of North College avenue and 
Twenty-second street. This institution is for the reception 
of women and children only, and is under the management 
of women for surgical and medical purposes. It was estab- 
lished in 1861, in connection with the Woman's Medical 
College, and for the purpose of affording clinical facilities to 
students of the latter institution. It occupied until 1874 a 
portion of the college building, but since the erection of the 
new building for the latter the premises formerly occupied 
by the college have been assigned to the hospital. Access by 
Eidge avenue cars. 

Lying-in Department of the Northern Dispensary, 608 

Fairmount avenue. 

State Hospital for Women and Infants, 1718 Filbert street. 

Mission Hospital, for the relief of women and children, 
corner of Eighth and St. Mary streets. Opened January 14, 

1876. 

DISPENSARIES. 

These institutions supply an important department of 
charity. They are intended to supply drugs and medicines 
to the poor without cost. But they do much more. Clinical 
operations are conducted under their auspices, and physicians 
enrolled in their service give gratuitous medical attendance 
to the poor at their homes. 

Philadelphia Dispensary, established 1786, occupies a neat 
and commodious building in Fifth street, between Library 
and Walnut streets, which was erected in 1801. 



DISPENSARIES. 219 

Eye and Ear Institute of the Philadelphia Dispensary, south- 
east corner of Thirteenth and Chestnut streets. 

Northern Dispensary, 608 Fairmount avenue. 

North-eastern Dispensary, established 1872, south-west 
corner of Tulip and Fox streets. 

North-eastern (Homceopathic), 1520 North Fourth street. 

Southern, established 1817, 318 Bainbridge street. 

Howard Hospital, 1518 and 1520 Lombard street; gives dis- 
pensary relief only. 

Germantown Dispensary, connected with Germantown Hos- 
pital. 

Infirmary for Diseases of the Ear, 419 Wetherill street, above 
Broad and below Pine street. 

Moyamensing, at House of Industry, Catherine street above 
Seventh. 

Dispensary for Skin-disease, Eleventh street above Locust. 

Church Dispensary of Southwark, 1017 Morris street. 

Philadelphia Lying-in and Nurse Charity, 126 North Elev- 
enth street. The patients are attended at their homes. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

ASYLUMS AND HOMES. 

ASYLUMS FOR CHILDREN. 

Asylum of Philadelphia Orphan Society, Haddington, West 
Philadelphia. A fine building, erected upon an elevation and 
commanding a handsome view. 

Access by Market street railway (Haddington branch). 

This society was instituted by ladies, in the year 1814, " to provide 
for the education and support of poor children deprived of their 
parents." A lot of ground was presented to them at the north-east 
corner of Cherry and Schuylkill Fifth, now Eighteenth street. The 
asylum building was finished 1817, totally destroyed by fire Janu- 
ary 24, 1822, by which disaster twenty -three of the children perished. 
Another building was erected on the same lot shortly afterward. 
This was sold about 1872, when the present building was erected. 

St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum (Eoman Catholic), 
south-west corner of Seventh and Spruce streets. Incorpo- 
rated 1807. Occupies a large building of brick, and is under 
care of Sisters of Charity. 

Access by cars. Spruce street, and Union going south. 

St. John's Orphan Asylum (Eoman Catholic), Westminster 
avenue near Forty -ninth street, a very large building appro- 
priated to the use of male orphans. The architecture is of 
the Tudor-Gothic style. Front, 230 feet. The central building 
has wings, turrets and cross, and accommodates about 250 
orphans. 

Access by Eace and Vine streets passenger railway (Hes- 
tonville branch) cars. 

Colored Orphans' Shelter, under charge of Society of 
Friends, occupies a brick building corner of Forty-fourth 
and Haverford streets. 

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222 ASYLUMS FOR CHILDREN. 

Catholic Home for Destitute Orphan Girls, 1720 Eace street, 
under care of religious women. 

Church Home for Children, Angora station, on West Ches- 
ter Eailroad, occupies a fine stone building, the corner-stone 
of which was laid October 29, 1871. The building was dedi- 
cated May 15, 1873. None but destitute white orphan chil- 
dren are admitted. Boys not less than 4 nor more than 8 
years of age; girls not less than 4 nor more than 9. Boys are 
retained until 12, girls until 16. The institution was incor- 
porated 1857, and for more than 15 years occupied a building 
at Twenty-second and Pine streets. 

Lincoln Institute for Boys, 308 South Eleventh street; brick 
building; was organized in 1866 for the reception of soldiers' 
orphan boys between the ages of 12 and 21 years. The plan 
has been so far modified as to admit children placed there by 
their parents or guardians. 

Educational Home for Boys, Greenway avenue near Forty- 
ninth street, West Philadelphia. Stone building. The ground, 
six acres, was given by Mary Gibson. White boys of all 
creeds, from 3 to 12 years of age, are received. This estab- 
lishment is used to a certain degree in connection with the 
Lincoln Institute. The corner-stone was laid June 3, 1872, 
and the building was finished in 1873. 

Access by cars of Chestnut and Walnut streets passenger 
railway (Darby branch). 

Industrial Home for Girls, Twelfth street below Spruce. 
Organized 1857. Occupied house Twelfth street below Pine 
for eighteen months ; removed in 1859 to its present location. 
Northern Home for Friendless Children occupies a lot of 
ground from Twenty-second to Twenty-third and from Brown 
to Parrish streets. Adjoining is a soldiers' orphans' home for 
maintaining the soldiers' orphans in charge of the Common- 
wealth. There is a very large, fine brick building erected 
upon the lot for the purposes of the institution. The object 
of the society is the care of destitute and neglected children, 
ignorant or forsaken little boys and girls under 12 years of 
age. It is not necessary that they should be orphans. Chil- 



ASYLUMS FOR CHILDREN. Z23 

dren whose parents are living are received, if the latter should 
be vicious or too poor to maintain them. The society was 
chartered by act of assembly, January 26, 1854, and the pres- 
ent building opened in the succeeding year. 

Access by Union passenger railway (Fairmount branch). 

Burd Orphan Asylum of St. Stephen's church, on Market 
street at Delaware county line, 3^^ miles west of Market 
street bridge. The buildings, of graystone in the plain Eng- 
lish-Gothic style, 260 feet front, dressed with Leiperville stone, 
are situate upon a tract of 45 acres. The institution is for 
the support of white female orphans not less than 4 years nor 
more than 8 who shall have been baptized in the Protestant 
Episcopal Church of Philadelphia or Pennsylvania. 

This institution was founded by Mrs. Eliza Howard Burd, 
widow of Edward Shippen Burd, who in 1848 established a small 
orphans' asylum in George street above Ninth, and at her death left 
two-tenths of her late husband's estate and the residue of her property 
for the purpose of this asylum. The present building was com- 
menced in 1861 and completed for the reception of orphans in 1863. 

Day Nursery for Children, 410 Blight street, receives and 
cares for, during the daytime, young children of poor, indus- 
trious working-women whose employments call them from 
their homes. 

Home for Destitute Colored Children, Maylandville, Darby 
road near Forty -sixth street, occupies buildings sufficient to 
accommodate 40 children. It was incorporated January 27, 
1854. 

Foster Home Association, Poplar street near Twenty-fourth. 
Chartered January 14, 1839, "to extend aid to respectable 
widowed parents who from adversity are obliged to part with 
their children for a time, but desire to have them finally re- 
stored." There are accommodations for 100 children. 

St. Vincent's Home (Roman Catholic) occupies large brick 
buildings north-west corner of Eighteenth and Wood streets. 
It is an asylum for orphans and destitute infants and children 
under five years. The home will accommodate 150 children, 
and is under charge of Sisters of Charity. 



224 ASYLUMS FOR CHILDREN. 

St. Vincent's Orphans' Asylum (Roman Catholic), at Tacony, 
for the care of Catholic orphan children. 

Union School and Children's Home, south-east corner of 
Twelfth and Fitzwater streets. Incorporated 1851. The in- 
stitution was established in 1849 under the title of "Moya- 
mensing Union School and Orphans' Asylum." It has a 
capacity to feed, clothe and educate 150 children. 

Union Temporary Home for Children, north-west corner 
of Sixteenth and Poplar streets. Incorporated 1857. It can 
accommodate 75 children. 

Western Provident Society and Children's Home, Forty- 
first and Venango streets, provides a home, with food, clothing 
and schooling, for destitute children, with or without charge. 
Incorporated 1858. 

Orphans' Home of Evangelical Lutheran Church and Asy- 
lum for Aged and Infirm, 5582 Germantown avenue, takes 
charge of destitute orphan children, without distinction of 
creed or country. 

Jewish Foster Home, 1431 North Fifteenth street, for the 
care of children of Hebrew parentage. 

HOMES FOR THE AGED. 
Christ Church Hospital, west of Belmont road, between York 
and Huntingdon and Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets. Brown- 
stone building of fine architectural design, 175 feet front 
by 55 feet deep. This institution is not a hospital according 
to the modern acceptation of the meaning of that word, w^hich 
is applied almost without exception to an establishment for 
the surgical or medical relief of the sick. The word " hos- 
pital" formerly meant "a home for the entertainment of the 
poor, a place for the relieving of the wants of strangers." 
Such was the meaning of this word in the mind of Dr. John 
Kearsley, the founder of the institution, who in his will, proved 
in 1772, left a portion of his estate "for the support of ten or 
more poor or distressed women of the Church of England, or 
such as the said corporation or their successors shall deem 
such, preferring clergymen's widows before others, and sup- 



HOMES FOR THE AGED. 225 

plying them with meat, drink and lodging, and the assistance 
of persons practicing physic and surgery." These directions 
have been faithfully obeyed; and the inmates of the hospital 
find therein all the comforts of a home during their declining 
days. The building accommodates 100 inmates. It is situate 
a short distance from Fairmount Park, and commands a 
beautiful view. It is under the management of Christ church, 
Protestant Episcopal. 

Access to the building may be had by cars to Belmont and 
Elm avenues, about a mile from the building. A shorter 
route would be by Eeading Railroad (Park Accommodation) 
to Belmont Glen, thence walk to Belmont mansion, and north- 
east to Belmont gate. Distance not more than half a mile. 

Under Dr. Kearsley's will this institution was first opened, shortly 
after his death, in a two-story house, 111 Arch street, which accom- 
modated only eight persons. This was pulled down in 1785, and 
another building, three stories high, erected on the same spot. In 
1818 a much larger edifice was erected, on the south side of Cherry 
street west of Third, which was opened in March of the succeeding 
year. The corner-stone of the present hospital was laid November 
18, 1856, and the building finished and opened in 1857. In 1804 
Joseph Dobbins of South Carolina bequeathed to the hospital real 
and personal estate, bank stocks, etc., amounting to a large sum at 
that time. The ground afterward became immensely valuable, and 
furnished the means for the construction of the new building and 
the support of the inmates. 

Friends' Almshouse, upon the interior portion of a lot front- 
ing on the south side of Walnut street, between Third and 
Fourth. The entrance is by a gateway immediately east of 
the passage-way leading to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic 
church. This institution was originally a community estab- 
lished by the Society of Friends for the relief of its own poor. 
A room for each inmate and houses for others were built. The 
main building, fronting on Walnut street, was of peculiar 
architecture. In time it was found that the number of poor 
persons belonging to the sect was so few that the greater 
portion of the building was unoccupied. The front of the 
lot was therefore sold, and the almshouse confined to the two 

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226 HOMES FOR THE AGED. 

or three houses which still exist as relics of the old estab- 
lishment. 

The ground upon which this almshouse was built was owned by 
John Martin, who was a poor man notwithstanding his landed pos- 
sessions. In 1713 he gave the lot to the Society of Friends upon con- 
dition that they would build an almshouse upon the premises and take 
care of him for the remainder of his days. Several small houses were 
built for this purpose in 1713, and the quaint little front buildmg m 
1729 The ground upon the front was sold in 1841. A few aged m- 
mates occupy the old buildings, but of late years the Society of 
Friends has preferred to pay for the maintenance ot its poor m 
boarding-houses and families. 

Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Asylum, Cherry 
street near Eighteenth, occupies a substantial brick building 
with accommodations for 60 inmates. This institution is un- 
der the management of a society of ladies which was estab- 
lished in 1819. Visitors are admitted at all times, and there 
is much interest in the institution and the inmates. The 
building was finished about 1820. A certain amount of 
money is required to be paid on behalf of the applicants upon 
admission, after which they are maintained without further 
charge until their death. 

Penn Widows' Asylum, Wood and West streets, Kensington, 
occupies brick buildings which will accommodate 50 or 60 in- 
mates. The general plan of administration is the same as 
that of the Widows' Asylum. The present building was dedi- 
cated October, 1857. 

St. Ann's Widows' Asylum, Moyamensing avenue below 
Christian street, is under charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph. 
The building is of brick, and was originally constructed for 
use as a church. The inmates number about 40. 

Temporary Home Association, 505 North Sixth street, estab- 
lished for the benefit of "respectable women out of employ- 
ment, where those with means can be accommodated for a 
moderate price, and those without succored until situations 
can be procured for them. Also where destitute children shall 
be taken care of until suitable homes are provided." 

St. Luke's Church Home for Aged Women, 1317 Pine street 



HOMES FOR THE AGED. 227 

under charge of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal churcli. The 
needy members of St. Luke's church are received without 
charge; to others board at $3 a week is furnished. The insti- 
tution was established 1853, and will accommodate about 50 
persons. 

Home for the Homeless, 708 Lombard street, under control 
of the Protestant Episcopal church of the Crucifixion, "to 
furnish a temporary home for destitute females until they can 
be provided elsewhere, and to furnish dinners to invalids." 

Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women, Fifty- 
eighth street and Greenway avenue, has accommodations for 
about 150 persons. The building is of stone, and large and 
commodious. The corner-stone was laid October 15, 1872, 
and the edifice dedicated October 29, 1874. 

Baptist Home for Women, corner of Seventeenth and Nor- 
ris streets. Fine stone building of striking appearance. It 
was commenced in 1873 and dedicated November 6, 1874. 

Access by Nineteenth street cars (going north) or Thir- 
teenth and Fifteenth streets cars (Broad street branch) to 
Norris street. 

Home for the Aged and Infirm Members of the M. E. Church, 
Lehigh avenue between Thirteenth and Broad streets. A 
solid, plain stone building, having accommodations for 100 
inmates. It is devoted as a shelter to men and women. The 
building was dedicated June 15, 1871. 

Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church, 5582 Germantown avenue, affords a home for the 
aged, both men and women, of that persuasion. A portion 
of the building is devoted to the care of orphans. 

Asylum of Little Sisters of the Poor (Eoman Catholic), 
Eighteenth street above Jefferson, receives and shelters poor 
persons without regard to sex or creed. The buildings are of 
brick, very lofty and spacious. There is a chapel attached. 

Old Men's Home, Thirty-ninth street and Powelton avenue. 
The building is of stone, handsomely situated. The inmates 
are about fifty. The corner-stone of the edifice was laid 
June, 1872, and the building dedicated June 12, 1873. 



228 HOMES FOR THE AGED, ETC. 

Mapother Home, Harrowgate lane, west of Kensington 
avenue, occupies an old country-seat, with fine grounds 
attached. 

Old Ladies' Home, Clearfield street and Frankford road, is 
intended to shelter indigent widows and single women. 

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women, Bel- 
mont and Girard avenues. Building of stone, spacious and 
comfortable. The institution is principally under charge of 
the Society of Friends. There are accommodations for 60 
persons. 

Boarding-house for Young Women, 1433 Lombard street, 
to provide a comfortable Christian home for young women 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It is supported by 
contribution. 

Boarding-house of Women's Christian Association, 1605 

Filbert street. 

Bedford Street Mission, 619 Alaska street, furnishes free 
lodgings and baths to the poor of that neighborhood. 

Boarding Home, 915 Clinton street, is intended for working- 
girls, there being accommodations for thirty-one. 

ASYLUMS FOR THE UNFORTUNATE. 

Pennsylvania Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, occupying lot 
north-west corner of Broad and Pine streets, extending to 
Fifteenth street. Has a granite building on Broad street with 
wings. The centre building is 50 feet front, has a portico 
supported by Ionic pillars, with two wings. Whole front 96 
feet, and depth 235 feet. Extensive new structures of brick 
have been erected on Pine and Fifteenth streets, which give 
great capacity to the institution. The buildings include 
dining-rooms, sitting-rooms, parlors, offices, school-rooms, 
dormitories, work-shops, etc. Visitors are admitted on week- 
days upon application. The object of the institution is the 
education of deaf mutes. The system of instruction is that 
of the abbfe de L'Epee and of Sicard, together with many im- 
provements which have been introduced by modern science, 
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ASYLUMS FOR THE UNFORTUNATE, ETC. 229 

pupils in the art of speaking audibly and clearly words which 
they cannot hear. 

This institution was founded in 1820 by the benevolent efforts of 
D. G. Seixas, an Israelite. He set up a school in Market street, west 
of Broad, which, attracting much attention, interested others in the 
project, and led to the formation of the society. It was incorporated 
in 1821. The corner-stone was laid in May, 1824, and the building 
finished and occupied in 1825. Many appropriations have been 
made to the asylum by the State of Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, north-west corner of ' 
Twentieth and Eace streets, occupies a spacious range of four- 
story buildings of brick, rough-cast, 150 feet front by 60 feet 
deep. The blind are instructed here in the plain branches of 
an English education, according to their capacity, and also in 
music. They are very proficient performers. Concerts are 
given at the institution on Wednesday afternoons, to which 
there is a small price of admission, and which are usually 
crowded. Workshops are provided, in which various indus- 
tries are carried on. 

This charity was founded in the year 1833, principally through the 
exertions of Julius E. Freidlander, who took great interest in it, 
opening a school before the association was formed. The latter was 
founded 1833, and liberally assisted by the State. The greater por- 
tion of the pupils are supported by the State of Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men, 3518 Lancaster 
avenue, is established for the purpose of giving shelter and 
employment to the blind, who produce various articles for 
personal use, as baskets, brushes, etc. 

Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women, 2931 Lo- 
cust street, is similar in object to the Blind Men's Home, 
except that the inmates produce many articles which usually 
are only made by women, such as stockings, mittens, shawls 
and knitted and sewed work generally. 

REFORMATORY HOMES. 

Asylum of Magdalen Society, for the reformation of fallen 
women. Large four-story brick building, with spacious 
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230 REFORMATORY HOMES. 

grounds, north-east corner of Twenty-first and Race streets. 
This institution was formed in the year 1800 "to aid in 
restoring to the paths of virtue women who have been robbed 
of their innocence, and who are desirous of returning to a 
life of rectitude." The operations of this institution are 
quiet, but useful. The building will accommodate about 
thirty inmates. 

House of the Good Shepherd, for the reformation of un- 
fortunate females, without respect to creed, Twenty-second 
*street above Walnut, is under charge of the Sisters of the 
order of the Good Shepherd of the Roman Catholic Church. 
It will accommmodate one hundred and fifty inmates. 

Asylum of the Rosine Association, Germantown avenue 
below Rising Sun lane, "to rescue from vice and degradation 
that class of women who have forfeited their claims to the 
respect of the virtuous." The inmates number about thirty. 

Howard Institution, 1612 Poplar street, under care of an 
association of women Friends, " for furnishing shelter, food 
and clothing to poor outcast women." Number of inmates, 
forty. 

Midnight Mission, 911 Locust street, "for the reception and 
care of females found on the streets at night, so as to aid in 
their reformation and their restoration to home and friends." 

Franklin Reformatory (home for inebriates), 913 Locust 
street, receives patients addicted to the immoderate use of 
liquor, and seeks to withdraw them from the temptations of 
vice. "' 

House of Industry, Catharine street above Seventh, fiirnishes 
employment, education and the means of reformation to the 
poor. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

BELIEF SOCIETIES. 

NATIONAL SOCIETIES. 
German Society. Hall, 24 South Seventh street. Brick 
building, occupied in the first story as the office of the Gas 
Trust. The institution uses the second story, in which there 
are offices for its accommodation. The association was insti- 
tuted in the year 1764, " to supply poor, sick and distr^sed 
Germans, brought to the city of Philadelphia, with relief. 
The same object is still attended to. Protection and assist- 
ance to German emigrants and their families are offered in all 
worthy cases. The society has a library of 10,000 volumes, of 
which the members have the use. 

About 1775 it was determined to erect a hall for the use of the 
association, the lot being purchased on Seventh street. Materials for 
the building were obtained and stored upon the ground; but the 
Eevolution breaking out, operations were suspended, and the mate- 
rials stored on the ground were appropriated by the military authori- 
ties. In 1809 the hall was finished. It was a plain brick building 
which stood back from the street, and is a portion of the present 
edifice. 

Hall of the Society of Sons of St. George, south-west cor- 
ner of Thirteenth and Arch streets, occupies a handsome and 
spacious white marble building, in which there are offices, 
meeting-rooms, etc. Over the pediment on Arch street is to 
be placed a fine equestrian group, in bronze, representing St. 
George and the dragon. This piece of statuary will be large 
and very attractive. In the second story the Society Hall, 
spacious and lofty, will have accommodations for seating one 
thousand persons. The first story will be fitted up for the 
purposes of a savings bank, and also for an insurance office. 

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232 NATIONAL SOCIETIES, ETC. 

Capacious kitchen arrangements have been provided, so that 
the annual banquet on St. George's day may be prepared and 
served in the grand hall. The association now numbers over 
six hundred members, and has hitherto been embarrassed for 
room. It will be fully able under the new arrangements to 
accommodate the growing membership, and offer to all con- 
nected with the society a commodious place, not only for busi- 
ness purposes, but for social reunions. A reading-room, in 
which the leading English papers and magazines are to be 
collected, will add to the facilities and attractions of the build- 
ing. The grand hall will also be available, when not in use 
for the purposes of the society, for concerts, lectures and 
other entertainments. 

The Society of the Sons of St. George, for advice and assistance 
to Englishmen in distress, was formed on the 23d of April, 1772. 
Among the founders were the Rev, Richard Peters, Robert Morris, 
Dr. John Kearsley, Drs. Thomas and Phineas Bond and others of 
respectability and influence. During the greater part of the Revo- 
lution the society did not meet. It was called together after the 
close of the contest, and has been in active operation ever since. It 
has been the means of assistance to many thousand persons. Up to 
1875 the society had no permanent place of meeting. In its early days 
it met at taverns, and a supper was the usual conclusion of the busi- 
ness proceedings. At a later period this practice was given up, and an 
annual dinner on St. George's day substituted. For some years the 
society had a room in the Merchants' Exchange. In 1875 it was deter- 
mined to extend its means of usefulness. The Newkirk property, 
south-west corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets, was purchased. It 
was a handsome marble building, constructed for and occupied as a 
mansion-house by Matthew Newkirk, Sr., and afterward by his son. 
The building has been greatly enlarged and altered in the interior, 
and St. George's Hall is the finest building appropriated to the use 
of a national society. 

OTHER NATIONAL SOCIETIES. 
In addition to the above there are other societies in the 
city for the assistance of foreigners, which do not occupy 
buildings of their own, but have apartments and offices to 
which persons interested may repair. They are the St. An- 
drew's society for the assistance of Scotchmen, founded 1749. 



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234 SOUP SOCIETIES, ETC. 

OflSce, 508 Walnut street. Societe Francals de Bienfaisance 
(French Benevolent Society), a successor of a society founded 
in 1793. The present association was incorporated 1805. 
OflSce, 231 Dock street. Welsh Society. Incorporated 1798. 
Office, 133 South Fifth street. Hibernian Society. Incorpo- 
rated April 27, 1792. Successor to the "Society of the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick," established 1771. Office, 
138 South Front street. Swiss Benevolent Society. Char- 
tered December 4, 1865. Office, south-west corner of Fourth 
and Wood streets. Italian Society, lately instituted. 

SOUP SOCIETIES. 
There are several associations in the city for supplying the 
poor with soup and food, which are generally in operation 
during the winter months. They are conducted economically, 
and supply many poor people with palatable and nutritious 
soup, bread, meat, potatoes, etc. They are located in the fol- 
lowing places: Philadelphia, incorporated 1841, 338 Griscom 
street; Southwark, incorporated 1842, Sutherland street near 
Queen; Spring Garden, incorporated 1852, 1329 Buttonwood 
street; Northern, established 1817, incorporated 1839,817 North 
Fourth street; North-eastern, 2052 North Front street ; North- 
western, corner of Nineteenth and Thompson streets; Ken- 
sington, incorporated 1853, 1936 Crease street; Central Soup- 
and Bath-house, 709 and 711 Cherry street; Moyamensing, 
incorporated 1835, corner of Eighth and Marriott streets; 
Western, 1615 South street. 

INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETIES. 
These associations are intended to extend assistance to the 
poor, not by the giving of alms, but by supplying them with 
work by which they can secure honest wages and maintain a 
spirit of independence. They have been of great importance 
and benefit. They are as follows: Female Society of Phila- 
delphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, instituted 
1793, incorporated 1815, building, 112 North Seventh street, 
maintains a work-room, nursery and dining-room; Western 
Association of Ladies for the Relief of the Poor, incorporated 



INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETIES, ETC. 235 

1856, Seventeenth street between Chestnut and Market, occu- 
pies a fine and large brick building; Northern Association of 
the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief of Poor 
Women, 702 Green street; Western Provident Society and 
Children's Home, incorporated April 8, 1858, Forty-first and 
Venango streets, West Philadelphia, maintains a house of 
industry and home for children; Ladies' Depository, 124 
South Eleventh street; Philadelphia Society for the Employ- 
ment and Instruction of the Poor, at House of Industry, 718 
Catharine street. The Grandom Institution, office, 713 Walnut 
street, extends aid to young men who need assistance to com- 
mence business, but whose parents are unable or unwilling to 
assist them. Capital, $200,000. To this may also be added 
the Franklin Fund to assist young married artificers under the 
age of twenty-five years who have served apprenticeships in 
setting up their business. The trust is under the will of 
Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and is administered by the Board of 
Public Trusts. Office in the Girard building. Fifth street 
above Chestnut. The fund is lent out in certain sums upon 
security. The Penn Sewing-school, in Friends' meeting- 
house. Race street near Fifteenth, is established to teach girls 
and women how to sew and furnish them with work. Union 
Benevolent Association, north-west corner of Seventh and 
Sansom streets, for the encouragement of industry, suppres- 
sion of pauperism and relief of sufiering among the worthy 
poor. Home Missionary Society, for the relief of the worthy 
poor and to permanently relieve them from penury and want, 
and to elevate them above a condition of beggary. Incor- 
porated 1845. Office, 533 Arch street. 

FUEL ASSOCIATIONS. 

Fuel Saving Society of the City and Liberties of Philadel- 
phia, office, 731 Walnut street, to encourage and assist the poor 
by receiving their funds in summer and returning them fuel 
in winter at less than the wholesale price. Friends' Chari- 
table Fuel Association. Office at the meeting-house, Eace 



236 ASSISTANCE SOCIETIES, ETC. 

street near Fifteenth. Instituted for the same purpose as the 
preceding. Also distributes fuel in charity. 

ASSISTANCE SOCIETIES. 
The Mercantile Beneficial Association, office, 118 South 
Seventh street, devotes its funds to the assistance of decayed 
merchants. Merchants' Fund Association, office, 505 Chestnut 
street, was instituted for similar purposes. Pennsylvania Sea- 
men's Friend Society maintains the "Sailors' Home," at 422 
South Front street, for the reception and care of seamen while 
in port. Female Seamen's Friends' Society adds its assistance 
at the same place. The Seamen and Landsmen's Aid Society, 
corner of Front and Union streets, is established for similar 
purposes. Ship-Masters' Society, for the relief of captains of 
vessels and their families, is a very old association, which pur- 
■ i^h its objects without much public display. Society of 
United Hebrew Charities, for the purpose of relieving the 
wants of poor Hebrews. Office, 30 North Seventh street. 

There are associations for the assistance of persons not resi- 
dents of the city, among which may be mentioned Indian Aid 
Association, office at the meeting-house, Kace street near Fif- 
teenth; Indian Hope Association, office, 1122 Spruce street; 
Pennsylvania Colonization Society, incorporated 1830, office, 
609 Walnut street; Friends' Association for the aid and ele- 
vation of the freedmen, office, 30 North Third street; Friends' 
Association for the Relief of Colored Freedmen, office, 116 
North Fourth street. 

HUMANE SOCIETIES. 

Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public 
Prisons. Instituted before the Revolution. Office, 109 North 
Tenth street. Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals, and Women's Branch of the same society, 
1320 Chestnut street. Pennsylvania Peace Society, 701 Arch 
street. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

CHARITABLE ORDERS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 

SECRET societies, for benevolent purposes, have increased 
throughout the country within a few years to a very large 
exteat. The citizens of Philadelphia are strongly represented 
in these associations. 

MASONIC ORDER. 

The Masonic order in Philadelphia is very strong. Seventy- 
two lodges meet in various parts of the city. Of these, sixty^^ 
have their meeting-rooms in the Masonic Temple, three in 
Kensington, two in Frankford, two in Cermantown, two in 
Manayunk and Falls of Schuylkill, one at Chestnut Hill and 
two in West Philadelphia. 

Masonic Temple, north-east corner of Broad and Filbert 
streets. This magnificent building is the finest Masonic 
structure in the world. It is in size 150 feet front by 245 
feet deep, and rises 95 feet from the pavement. It has four 
fronts, is built of granite, and is a perfect specimen of Nor- 
man architecture, bold and elaborate, unlike anything else 
in Philadelphia. The Broad street front displays two grand 
towers^ the highest being 250 feet from the ground to the top 
of the turret. The Norman porch is exceedingly elaborate, 
and is made up of three pairs of receding pillars, arches, 
mouldings and other decorations. The grand entrance is 
through doors 17 feet high, 7 feet wide. The main hall is 
laid in black and white tiles, with ornate borders. There is 
a grand staircase of granite finished in the Corinthian style, 
which rises from the front. The central staircase, approached 
from the Juniper street front, is in the Doric style. The Grand 
Lodge library, on the first floor, is finished in the Italian 

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238 MASONIC TEMPLE. 

Renaissance order of architecture. The Grand Lodge room, 
105 feet long, 61 feet wide and 50 feet high, is constructed and 
decorated after the Corinthian style. The banquet-hall, also 
105 feet long, 50 feet wide and 30 feet high, is of the Composite 
order. The tables will seat five hundred persons. The subor- 
dinate lodges occupy the Oriental Hall,, ornamented in the 
richest style of Moorish architecture, the Ionic Hall and 
the Egyptian Hall and the Norman Hall. The Renaissance 
Hall, 90 feet long, 50 feet wide and 50 feet high, is vory richly 
decorated, and is occupied by the Royal Arch chapters. The 
Masonic Knights Templar occupy Gothic Hall for the purposes 
of their asylum. The cost of the temple was $1,300,000. It is 
open to visitors on Thursday of each week, except in stormy 
weather, upon introduction of a member of the order. The 
latter should accompany his guests. 

Freemasonry was introduced into Philadelphia as early as 1730, and 
perhaps before. The Pennsylvania Gazette of December 8, 1730, says : 
" xiiere are several lodges of Freemasons in this province." In 1732 
there was a Masonic procession through the city, and a banquet on 
St. John's day, in June. The first known habitation of a lodge was 
at the Tun Tavern, in Water street. The Grand Lodge and subordmate 
lodges met in other places several years afterward, and built before 
the Revolution a hall west of Second street, upon an alley extendmg 
from what was then called Norris alley, now Gothic street, which 
became a noted building. Doctor Benjamin Franklm and other dis- 
tinguished men were then members of the lodges, but they belonged 
to that division of the order known at the time as Modern Masons 
The present Masonic order belongs to the Ancient York Masons, and 
a lodge was established in this city of that branch of the order under 
authority of the English Grand Lodge, June 20, 1764. In a few years 
the York Masons superseded the Moderns, the lodges of which were 
abandoned, so that in time the Grand Lodge building came to be 
occupied by the Ancients. After the Revolution the Grand Lodge 
room was for a time in the upper part of the State-house, and sub- 
sequently in the upper part of the Free Quaker meeting-house at 
Fifth and Arch streets. Since that time the Grand Lodge has occupied 
the following buildings owned by the order : Hall, south side of Filbert 
street above Eighth, three-story brick building; first occupied No- 
vember, 1802. Chestnut street hall, Gothic order of architecture, 89 
feet front, 62 feet wide, with a wooden steeple 180 feet high. Corner- 




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240 MASONIC TEMPLE, ETC. 

stone was laid April 17, 1809; dedicated June 24, 1811. Burned 
March 9, 18191 Eebmlt and dedicated March 1, 1820. Abandoned 
ISS5. Washington Hall, Third street above Spruce, purchased June, 
1835; dedicated December 28th of that year. November 21, 1853, the 
corner-stone was laid of the new hall on the site of the old Chestnut 
street building,, which was torn down. Dedicated November 26, 
1855. Temple on Broad street, comer-stone laid June 24, 1868; 
dedicated September 26, 1873. 

Kensington IVlasonic Hall, ISOEichmond street, Kensington. 

Germantown IVlasonic Half, 3871 Glermantown avenue. 

Frankford Masonic Hall, Frankford avenue below Green 
street. 

Chestnut Hill IVlasonic Hall, at Chestnut Hill. 

Manayunk tV|asartic Hall, Main street, Manayunk. 

West Philadelphia IVlasonic Hall, Market street, West Phila- 
delphia. 

There is an independent organization of colored men, con- 
sisting of lodges working under English charters. They have 
two halls ; one of them, a tall, solid building, is in Eleventh 
street below Pine, and was finished in 1857 ; the other is in 
Brown street above Fourth, and was dedicated June 24, 1859. 

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD PEL.LOT?^S. 

There are one hundred and thirty-five lodges meeting in 
Philadelphia, and thirty-two encampments of Patriarchs. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, south-west corner of Sixth and Haines 
streets, below Race. Four-story brick building, rough-cast, 
62 feet front by 100 feet deep, imposing in appearance. Con- 
tains the Grand Lodge room, six rooms for subordinate lodges 
and the Grand Encampment room, in the fourth story, and 
other apartments. The Odd Fellows' library of 8000 volumes 
occupies a room in the first story. 

Odd Fellowship was introduced into Philadelphia in 1821 by a 
number of the English membei-s of the order, who formed a voluntary 
lodge at the house of John Upton, 66 Dock street. On the 15th of 
June, 1823, these brethren received a charter from the Grand Lodge 
of the United States, held in Baltimore, for Lodge No. 1 of Pennsyl- 
vania, and for a Grand Lodge of the State, composed of Past Grands 



INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 241 

of that lodge. Iii 1827 the order had its hall at the north-west cor- 
ner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. In 1830 a hall was built for 
the use of the order on Fifth street below Walnut, which was dedi- 
cated May 18, 1830. The present hall on Sixth street was dedicated 
September 17, 1846. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, ISTorthern Liberties, north-west corner 
of Third and Brown streets. A stately building of brick, 
rough-cast, in the Egyptian style of architecture, built in 
1847. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, south-east corner of Broad and Spring 
Garden streets. A building of brownstone and brick, rough- 
cast, built in 1851. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, south-west corner of Tenth and South 
streets. Brick, rough-cast, built in 1851. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, Southwark, Third street below German. 
Large brick building. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, West Philadelphia, corner of Thirty- 
seventh, and Market streets. 

Odd Fellows' Halls, Germantown, 4902 Germantown avenue; 
on Wistar street; at corner of Germantown avenue and Willow 
Grove Pike.- 

Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford, Frankford avenue above 
Green street. Large four-story building, dedicated March 
21, 1855. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, Penn Township, brick building, 70 by 
32 feet, corner of Twenty-third street and Eidge avenue. 
Corner-stone laid November 15, 1858; building dedicated 
November 26, 1859. 

Colored Odd Fellows, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. 
Hall, 605 Spruce street, occupied by eleven lodges. There is 
also a hall in Brown street, and one in West Philadelphia. 

ORDER OP UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS. 
This order has forty -four councils meeting in the city. 
American Mechanics' Hall, north-east corner of Fourth and 
George streets. A very large brick building, five stories high, 
was finished 1857. 

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242 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RED MEN, ETC. 

The Councils of this order also meet at various places in 
other parts of the city, in rented rooms. 

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RED MEN, 
working in the German language, occupy a large and handsome 
brick building at the south-west corner of Third and Brown 
streets, the corner-stone of which was laid June 4, 1867, and 
dedicated August 10, 1868. There are twenty-four "stamms " 
or councils of this order in Philadelphia. 

AMERICAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, 
has its hall on Locust street, between Broad and Fifteenth 
streets, north side. It is a building of brownstone, 25 by 160 
feet, finished in 1857. 

OTHER ORDERS. 
There are various other secret societies in the city, which 
occupy apartments rented for the purpose of their organization. 
Among these are the Grand Army of the Eepublic, with 16 
Posts; military order of the Loyal Legion of the United 
States ; Knights of Pythias, 104 lodges ; Sons of Temperance, 
57 divisions ; Good Templars, 31 lodges ; Templars of Honor 
and Temperance, 19 subordinate temples and 11 social temples; 
Improved Order of Red Men, 54 tribes ; Patriotic Order of 
Sons of America, 20 camps ; United Ancient Order of Druids, 
instituted in Pennsylvania June 18, 1847, has numerous 
groves in operation. There are several other orders of a 
secret character, whose objects are known only to the initiated. 
Among these may be mentioned the Harugari, Independent 
Order of Good Fellows, Good Samaritans, order of the Seven 
Wise Men and others. 



CHAPTEE XIX. 

MILITARY. 

THE National Guard of Pennsylvania consists of twenty- 
one divisions, each of which is commanded by a major- 
general. Philadelphia constitutes one division of two bri- 
gades. There are six regiments and several unattached and 
independent companies. 

ARMORIES. 
The Armory First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, Twenty- 
first street below Market, occupies a large lot of ground which 
gives a fine space for the exercises of the company. The 
building is 6Q feet front by 188 feet deep, and presents the 
appearance in front of a fortress in style of the Middle Ages, 
having a square tower and gateway, with loophole windows 
and other peculiarities. It is built of sandstone, bluestone, 
serpentine and brick. The front of the main building is 
occupied in the upper stories by a spacious meeting-room, 
offices, rooms for the storing of arms, accoutrements, etc. 
The exercising-room is 150 feet deep, of the full width of the 
building, capacious for drilling in dragoon exercises, and is 
the largest cavalry-room in the country. The original building 
was erected and dedicated February 22, 1864. Ten years after- 
ward the troop greatly enlarged the armory by an addition, 
the corner-stone being laid July 4, 1874, and the building 
dedicated November 17, 1874. 

This organization is the oldest cavalry company in the country, 
and also the oldest military association instituted for the special pur- 
pose of resistance against Great Britain. There are other companies 
in some of the States, instituted in colonial times and loyal up to the 
Bevolution. This association was specially formed for resistance 

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244 ARMORIES. 

against Great Britain by twenty-eight gentlemen on the 17th of Novem- 
ber, 1774, under the title of the " Light Horse of the City of Philadel- 
phia." They equipped themselves at their own expense, chose their 
own oflSeers, and offered their services to the Continental Congress. 
In 1776 Captain Abraham Markoe presented the company with a flag 
of light yellow silk handsomely painted, which bore in the union 
thirteen stripes of white and blue, being the first known instance of 
the employment of stripes to represent the colonies, and the undoubted 
original of the stripes adopted as the national ensign. The main 
device bore a shield charged with a knot of thirteen ribbons ; crest, a 
horse's head ; supporters, an Indian with a liberty -pole and cap, 
symbolizing Free America, and an angel blowing a trumpet, symbol- 
izing Fame. Motto, " For these we strive." This flag was carried 
during the Revolution, the troop serving in the battles of Trenton, 
Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown, and receiving the special 
thanks of Washington after the British retreat through New Jersey 
in 1777 ; was in the war of 1812, and sent full ranks to Virginia in 
1861, at the first call for troops by President Lincoln, and during the 
remaining years of the war its members served as officers in the 
regular and volunter regiments which Avere recruited in the city. 

National Guards' Armory, south side of Eace street, be- 
tween Fifth and Sixth. A tall and stately brick building, ex- 
tending from Race to Cresson street. The hall is three stories 
high, and the observatory is 85 feet from the ground. The 
first story is appropriated to offices, the second story, spacious 
and lofty, is reserved for the use of meetings, concerts and 
balls. The drill-room is in the third story, a wide and deep 
apartment. 

The National Guards was instituted as a volunteer company about 
1835. It was always a spirited organization, and popular among 
the city volunteers. The present building was finished in 1857, and 
about the same time the company was recruited to the standard of a 
regiment. During the war of the rebellion the National Guards 
regiment went into service with the Pennsylvania militia at the first 
call of President Lincoln. After an honorable discharge upon the 
expiration of the terra of service it volunteered under Colonel Peter 
Lyle for the three years' service, and became the Ninetieth Regi- 
ment P. V. It served the full term of enlistment, was in many 
battles and brought back a small number of the survivors of the 
original organization. It is now known as the Second Regiment 
Pennsylvania National Guard, and occupies the hall. 



AKMORTES. 245 

City Armory, east side of Broad street below Race. A 
large brick building, originally built as a market-house. It 
is occupied by the First Regiment National Guards, ordinar- 
ily called the " Gray Reserves." 

This regiment was raised at the outbreak of the rebellion for home 
defence. It served among the State troops during the Confederate 
raids upon Pennsylvania, and during the grand invasion which cul- 
minated at Gettysburg. The organization is strong and in a fine 
state of discipline. 

Armory of Artillery Corps, Washington Grays, is in the 

second story of a large building in Lardner street, between 
Broad and Fifteenth, adjoining Horticultural Hall. The 
drill-room is broad and spacious, and offers every facility for 
military exercise. 

This company was instituted 1823, and first attracted attention 
during the visit of Lafayette, in 1824, for its fine discipline. It has 
always maintained a high reputation for its perfection in drill. Al- 
though an artillery company, this organization has for some years 
acted as an infantry company. It served three months in Virginia 
during the late war, under Captain Thomas P. Parry. It furnished 
to the United States army a large number of educated soldiers fitted 
for command, who rose to the highest ranks in the military service, 
some of whom fell in battle. 

Armory of Keystone Battery, Broad street above Mt. Ver- 
non. This battery has charge of a full set of guns, with cais- 
sons, etxj., and upon parade makes a formidable appearance. 
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CHAPTEE XX. 

SOCIAL CLUBS. 

Philadelphia Club, north-west corner of Thirteenth and 
Walnut streets, occupies a very large and exceedingly plain 
brick building, which is, however, spacious and suitable 
for the purposes of the organization. There is a reading- 
room, a library, conversation- and smoking-rooms, dining- 
rooms, kitchens and every convenience for furnishing din- 
ners and other meals, under charge of first-class cooks. The 
rules of the club prohibit the admission of persons residing 
in the city who are not members. Persons belonging else- 
where may be admitted upon introduction of a member. 

This club originated about the year 1834 among citizens of the 
highest respectability. Its rooms were then at the Adelphi building, 
Fifth street below Walnut. It afterward removed to a large house on 
the west side of Ninth street below Locust, the entrance from a side 
yard, called at the time " Potter's," and which was at one time occu- 
pied by Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Spain. About 1845 the club 
removed to the Meade mansion, north side of Walnut street, between 
Ninth and Tenth. About 1851 the building at Thirteenth and Wal- 
nut streets was secured. About the same time a charter was pro- 
cured under the name of the " Literary Association and Eeading- 
room of Philadelphia," which was afterward changed to the old 
name, Philadelphia Club. 

The Union League House. This fine building, situate at 
the south-west corner of Sansom and Broad streets, is the 
most splendid club-house in the city. It occupies the greater 
portion of a lot 100 feet front by 200 feet in depth, having a 
spacious garden in the rear. The building is in the French 
Renaissance style, and is of brick with brownstone trimmings. 

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248 



UNION LEAGUE. 



It is two stories in height, with a French Mansard roof and 
tower, and presents an air of comfort and taste in its appear- 




UNION LEAGUE HOUSE. 

ance which is attractive to the stranger. The interior is fitted 
up entirely for club uses, with parlors, smoking-room, reading- 
rooms, dining- and banqueting-rooms and every convenience 
which good taste may suggest as proper for a building of the 
kind. Access to the League house is available to any stranger 
in the city upon introduction by a member. 

The Union League originated during the civil war in the United 
States, and was founded by thirty-eight gentlemen as an association 
loyal to the Union. They adopted the name of the Union Club, and 
held their first meeting on the 21st of November, 1862. It was both 
social and loyal at the beginning. The members met at each other's 
houses in turn, the member who was visited giving an entertainment 
to his associates. The association continued under this organization 



TTNION LEAGUE, ETC. 249 

during the winter of 1862-3. It was then resolved to continue its 
sphere of usefulness, and to gather together among its members gen- 
tlemen loyal to the Union, that spirit of patriotism being the only 
requisite to admission. Permanent quarters were therefore needed ; 
and on the 14th of February, 1863, the League moved into the Kuhn 
mansion, south side of Chestnut street, between Eleventh and 
Twelfth. This was a fine old-fashioned double house, with an exten- 
sive garden, and was extremely well adapted to tlie uses of the club. 
The membership increased rapidly, and the League soon took a 
prominent part in politics upon the Republican side. On the 15th 
of August, 1864, in consequence of the Kuhn mansion being sold, the 
club was compelled to remove from that building. It went into a 
house adjoining the Messchert mansion, 1216 Chestnut street, where it 
remained until the elegant house on Broad street was completed. 
As soon as the removal from the Kuhn mansion became a necessity 
measures were taken to obtain a lot for the use of the League, and to 
erect a building suitable for its purposes thereon. This was done by 
the formation of a stock association by individual members of the 
League and the issue of bonds. The house, lot and furniture cost 
about $200,000. Work upon it was commenced 1st of March, 1864, 
and it was finished for use May 4, 1865. 

During the war of the rebellion the League was very active. It 
was composed in a very large degree of men of wealth, and they 
were exceedingly liberal in their subscriptions for patriotic purposes. 
They stimulated the holding of public meetings whenever such 
assistance was necessary ; they encouraged the recruiting of troops. 
They fully equipped and put into the field nine regiments and one 
battalion of infantry and five companies of cavalry, and they spent 
for that purpose a very large sum of money, which was made up by 
their own members. Since the close of the war of the rebellion the 
League has taken small part in politics. It is still under the con- 
trol of members holding the sentiments of the founders. It throws 
its influence in favor of good candidates as far as precept may go, 
but it cannot be considered a working political organization. 

Reform Club occupies building with white marble front 
1520 Chestnut street, formerly the Florance Mansion. This 
club was formed at a meeting held April 2, 1872, of gentle- 
men mostly composed of members of the Municipal Reform 
Association, "who desire to unite in establishing a first-class 
club-house, where citizens of different political opinions can 
meet socially, and co-operate in the work of securing an 
honest administration of municipal affairs, thereby exercising 



250 REFOKM CLUB, ETC. 

a most beneficial influence on the interests of the community." 
The club had in 1875 nearly 1100 members. It was incor- 
porated February 27, 1873. Visitors are admitted upon the 
introduction of members. Strangers in the city may be ad- 
mitted during their visit after having been introduced. 
Eesidents of the city, not members of the club, may not be 
introduced more than once. There is an exception to the 
latter rule in the case of ladies, this club being conducted 
upon the rather unusual principle of admitting ladies to its 
parlors, dining-room and garden when under the escort of 
members. During the summer the club give a series of gar- 
den-concerts, which are exceedingly enjoyable. 

Social Art Club, 1525 Chesnut street, maintains the general 
features of a club-house, varied by occasional art receptions 
and exhibitions of pictures, etc. 

Penn Club, rooms south-east corner of Eighth and Locust 
streets. Has a reading-room, library, conversation-rooms, etc., 
being an organization of literary men, artists and others. 

Saturday Club. This association has no club-house. It is 
composed of about seventy members. During the winter 
season, from November to April, the club meets weekly at 
the private residences of the members, each one holding the 
meeting in his turn. Members have the right to invite to 
these soirees strangers in the city, and the host of the evening 
invites his own friends. Men of means and influence, scholars, 
artists, merchants, business men and others, are brought to- 
gether in social communion, the effects of which are always 
pleasant and instructive. An entertainment concludes the 
evening, and the party closes before twelve o'clock. The 
club succeeds in objects and character the old Wistar parties, 
originated by the late Doctor Caspar Wistar about the year 
1800. These parties were weekly meetings of men of science, 
statesmen, philosophers and authors, held at Doctor Wistar's 
residence, and concluding by a moderate entertainment. In 
time a Wistar club was formed, and the entertainments, in 
general design, resembled those of the Saturday Club at the 
present day. 



CHAPTEE XXI. 

SPORTING CLUBS. 

THEKE are numerous associations in Philadelpliia and its 
neighborhood which are devoted to fisliing, rowing, sail- 
ing, cricket, base ball and other sports. 

FISHING CLUBS. 
The "State in Schuylkill." Castle on the banks of the 
Schuylkill, at Eambo's Eock, below Gray's Ferry. Access 
from Maiden lane, south of Gray's Ferry road. This ancient 
institution is the oldest social organization in this country, 
and probably in the world. It was instituted in the year 1732 
as a fishing club, and has been kept up without intermission 
ever since, except during the Eevolution, when the members 
were serving their country. The grounds of the club are well 
shaded. The buildings are fitted up with every convenience 
for cooking and dining. The company consists of twenty-five 
members and a certain number of probationary candidates for 
membership, who are denominated " apprentices." The mem- 
bers assemble at certain periods during the pleasant season 
of the year. Each one is bound to work in the business of 
the day, in cooking and preparing the food and refreshments. 
There are no servants ; all the work is done by members, and 
every convenience which gastronomical taste and culinary ex- 
perience can devise is at their command. The rules prohibit 
the frequent introduction of residents of the city. Strangers 
may be introduced by members. The Castle contains many 
ancient curiosities, prominent among which are two immense 
pewter platters engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Penn 
family, and presented by one of the Penns before the Eevo- 
lution. 

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252 FISHING CLUBS. 

This company, upon the pleasant assumption of independent 
authority, adopted in 1732 the name of the " Colony in Schuylkill." 
The oflScers were governor, councillors, assembly, sheriif, coroner, 
etc. Up to the time of the Revolution and afterward the castle of 
the colony was upon the Egglesfield property, Schuylkill River, 
north of the site of the present Girard avenue bridge. At that time 
the fishing, which was for rock and perch, was excellent. The ground 
was leased from William Warner, owner of the estate, who received 
the title of baron, and received annually for his rent the first three 
fish caught at the beginning of the season, which were brought to 
him with great ceremony. After the Revolution the company de- 
clared itself independent, and changed the name to the " State in 
Schuylkill," and was incorporated as the " Fishing Company of the 
State in Schuylkill." At a later period the Fishing Company of 
the Fort St. David, near the Falls of Schuylkill, was united with 
the older society. The castle remained at Egglesfield until 1822, 
when, the Fairmount dam being in course of construction, the old 
building, made interesting by so many memories, was floated down 
on the Schuylkill and landed at the new territory of the company, 
Rambo's Rock, near Gray's Ferry. Many eminent persons have 
partaken of its hospitality. Among them have been General La- 
fayette in 1824, and others whose names have unfortunately not 
been recorded. The company has had of late years but little oppor- 
tunity to indulge in fishing, commerce and manufactures having 
so polluted the waters of the Schuylkill that fine fish are no more 
abundant. 

Prospect Hill Fishing Company. House at the confluence 
of Timber Creek and the Delaware, below Gloucester, New 
Jersey. This club is composed of thirty-five members, who 
hold semi-monthly gatherings during the summer season, and 
conduct their business according to the plan of the " State in 
Schuylkill." The fish-house was dedicated in 1839, 

Tammany Pea-shore Fishing Company. House on the banks 
of the Delaware at the Pea-shore, opposite Port Eichmond. 

Tinicum Fishing Company, at Tinicum, Delaware county, 
below the Lazaretto, has commodious buildings and handsome 
grounds. Access by Chester branch Philadelphia and Bead- 
ing Railroad. 

Otter Point Fish-house Company, on the Elk Eiver, Mary- 
land, consists of eight members. Has house fitted up with 



YACHT CLUBS — BOAT CLUBS. 263 

kitchen, dining-room, lodging-rooms, storehouse for boats, etc., 
so as to accommodate parties who go there for gunning or 
fishing, and expect to stay several days. 

YACHT CLUBS. 
The Delaware Eiver affords so much advantage for pleasure- 
sailing that the number of fine yachts built for speed has 
greatly increased within a few years. The Philadelphia Yacht 
Club gives several regattas during the summer season. The 
Southwark Double End Yacht Club, a new organization, 
promises a spirited future. 

BOAT CLUBS. 

The Schuylkill Eiver above Fairmount Park, being broad 
and bordered by attractive scenery, and the current smooth, 
is a favorite place for rowing-clubs. Between Fairmount and 
the Falls of Schuylkill the stream offers every facility, not only 
to those who row for exercise or pleasure, but for regattas 
and other contests. The national course, one mile and a half, 
extends from the Reading Eailroad bridge (Belmont) up to 
the Eeading Eailroad (Port Eichmond branch) bridge, being a 
clear and splendid sheet of water. Several regattas have taken 
place on this course, and it will be the scene of the interna- 
tional regatta of 1876. 

The Commissioners of Fairmount Park have encouraged 
the boat clubs to come upon the Schuylkill, and have granted 
them valuable privileges. The shore north of old Fairmount 
from the neighborhood of Lincoln monument to Turtle Eock 
has been granted to the clubs, with authority to construct build- 
ings there, and they have erected several which add much to 
the beauty of the Park. Some of the clubs are united in the 
Schuylkill navy, but there are others which do not belong to 
it. The following barge clubs are upon the river: Quaker 
City, founded October 20, 1858; Pennsylvania, founded June 
4, 1861; Crescent, December 1, 1867; Bachelors', July 4, 1853; 
University, April 25, 1854; Philadelphia, December 8, 1862; 
Malta, February, 1860; Vesper, February 22, 1865; Undine, 
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254 BOATS — CRICKET — BASE BALL — SKATING. 

May 9, 1856. These clubs own over sixty boats of various 
sizes — six-oars, four-oars, double sculls and single sculls. 

CRICKET. 
Cricket is played in Philadelphia with great proficiency, our 
clubs having on several occasions vanquished American clubs 
and the club composed of Canadian and British officers. The 
cricket-grounds are upon the line of the Philadelphia and 
Germantown Eailroad, near Wayne station, and are very 
spacious. They are occupied by the Germantown and Young 
America clubs. 

BASE BALL. 

There are several base ball clubs organized in the city, some 
of which are professional and others amateur. The principal 
base ball ground is that of the Athletic Club, at Twenty-fifth 
and Jefierson streets. It is spacious and well adapted for the 
purpose. Upon this ground the championship games between 
the Philadelphia and Athletic and the clubs of other cities 
have been played for some years past. 

SKATING. 

The winters of the last fifteen or twenty years, either by 
covering the ice with snow or rain or from other causes, have 
not been favorable for skating, so that this sport, in a mea- 
sure, has declined. It will be revived upon a favorable op- 
portunity. 

The Philadelphia Skating Club, incorporated 1861, is com- 
posed of over 300 members. It owns a stone club-house, 
built in the Italian style, on the banks of the Schuylkill, with- 
in the Park, near Turtle Eock. It has reception- and retiring- 
rooms, committee-rooms and other apartments. In the first 
story are life-saving apparatus — ladders, hooks, axes, caution- 
flags, life-lines, blankets, grapnels, drags and other means 
to rescue persons who may break through the ice. Each 
member when skating carries with him -a reel upon which is 
wound a fine but strong cord, which may be run across the 
ice a long distance, and which, when caught by a drowning 



SKATING — SHOOTING — TROTTING. 255 

man, will sustain him until more thorough assistance arrives. 
The life-boats are small and light, weigh no more than 100 
pounds and are available to be run over the ice or into the 
water. Since this society has been in existence more than 
260 lives have been saved through the instrumentality of the 
members. 

Philadelphia Skating Rink, corner of Twenty-third and 
Chestnut streets, was built several years ago, in the expecta- 
tion of annual use. Good fortune has not attended this en- 
terprise, and the rink, although capable of being used for 
skating in cold weather, is rarely put to this service. 

SHOOTING. 

Scheutzen Park, Indian Queen lane, north of Eidge avenue. 
This enclosure is the property of the Philadelphia Eifle Asso- 
ciation, a shooting club organized about 1855. For some 
years its targets and galleries were at Washington Eetreat, so- 
called, near Mt. Pleasant, and now included in the Park. The 
necessity of leaving that situation led the association to pur- 
chase the piece of ground where the Scheutzen Park now is. 
It was opened for use August 15, 1870. It has every conveni- 
ence for shooting, with galleries, pits and targets. There are 
buildings for concerts, dancing and other amusements. The 
place is a great resort of the German population. 

Access by Eidge avenue cars to Indian Queen lane; by 
Germantown Eailroad to the same lane, or by Schuylkill 
boats to the Falls. The park is distant from Eidge avenue 
about half a mile. 

TROTTING. 
Point Breeze Park, Penrose Ferry road, near the road lead- 
ing to Point Breeze, is a large piece of ground laid out for a 
trotting- and driving-park, and is the property of a joint-stock 
association. There are fine large buildings, with parlors, 
drawing-rooms, etc., for the accommodation of members and 
their families, pavilions for viewing the races, stands, etc. 
The track is well laid and solid. The association arranges 



256 TROTTING GYMNASTICS. 

^ series of matches in the spring and fall of each year, and 
some of the finest trotters in the country have been put to 
their speed upon these grounds. During the racing season 
the public are admitted upon the payment of entrance money ; 
at other times admission can be obtained through the introduc- 
tion of a member of the company. 

Access to Point Breeze by private conveyance. 

Suffolk Park, Island road, between Seventy-ninth and 
Eightieth avenues, in the south-western part of the city, on 
the west side of the Schuylkill not far from Penrose Ferry 
road, is under the management of private proprietors. Eaoes 
usually take place there in the spring and fall of the year. 

Access to Suffolk Park by Chester branch of Eeading Rail- 
road. 

Ambler Park, on the line of the North Pennsylvania Rail- 
road, Montgomery county, just beyond the boundaries of the 
city, is a new enterprise. It has commodious grounds, and 
has been used for agricultural-fair purposes. 

Access by North Pennsylvania Railroad. 

Woodbury Park, at Woodbury, New Jersey. A new track, 
which has been successfully tested. 

Access by West Jersey Railroad, starting from Market 
street wharf, Philadelphia. 

Belmont Driving Park, Bryn Mawr road, half a mile from 
Elm station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. This is a new 
track just opened. It is one mile circular, has a grand stand 
and saloon for ladies and gentlemen, and other conveniences, 
with stabling, and is intended to be a first-class race-course. 

GYMNASTICS. 

Philadelphia Turn Verein, a German association devoted to 
the cultivation of athletic exercises. Hall, North Third 
street near Callowhill. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

OPERATIC. 
American Academy of Music, south-west corner of Broad 
and Locust streets. Building of brick and brownstone, 140 
feet front on Broad street, 238 feet deep on Locust street. 
The fayade is in the Byzantine style. The exterior of the 
building gives no idea of the elegance of the interior. There 
is ample space for comfort and convenience, with fine lob- 
bies, retiring-rooms and a splendid foyer in the second story, 
richly decorated in the Italian style, with 16 Ionic columns, 
panelled ceilings and walls, grand chandeliers and other em- 
bellishments. The stage is spacious. It is 90 feet wide at the 
proscenium, over 120 feet between the walls, 72 feet 6 inches 
deep and 70 feet high. The proscenium is sustained by 6 col- 
umns of the Corinthian order, which rise 33 feet from the 
stage, and are surmounted by stooping caryatides as if bend- 
ing under the weight of the roof. The auditorium is arranged 
in four tiers, the fronts of which are handsomely decorated 
with emblematic carvings. The seats are cushioned in red 
velvet and the interior walls are decorated with the same warm 
color, the effect of which is to make a rich contrast with the 
costumes of the audience. The seating capacity is for 2900 
persons, and is so admirably arranged that a full view of the 
stage is afforded from all parts of the house. The building is 
dedicated to operatic performances, and the finest artists of 
the period, Italian, German, French and English, have sung 
in it. When not used for the opera, the building is in request 
for theatrical representations, concerts, balls and public 
meetings. 

The first movement toward the erection of this building was in 
May, 1852. The project gained so much strength that in October, 
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258 OPERATIC THEATRICAL. 

1854, plans for a building were requested. Work was commenced 
on the 18th of June, 1855, and the corner-stone laid on the 26th of 
July of the same year. The building was opened by a ball on the 
26th of January, 1857. The first operatic performance by an 
Italian company was given February 25, 1857. 

THEATRICAL. 

Walnut Street Theatre, north-east corner of Ninth and 
Walnut streets. Brick building, rough-cast, with an orna- 
mental front on Walnut street. 96 feet, 6 inches front, by 
140 feet deep. The first story is of marble, with a fa§ade of 
marble columns of the Doric order. The auditorium has three 
tiers. There are about 1500 seats. The stage is of sufficient 
capacity for the display of show pieces. The theatre is usually 
devoted to "star" performances. The most eminent actors and 
actresses have appeared upon its boards. 

The lot was originally taken up by Pepin & Breschard, equestrians, 
who, in the year 1809, erected a circus upon the ground. The build- 
ing was afterward fixed up so as to be suitable for theatrical perform- 
ances, and was called the Olympic Theatre. It passed through the 
hands of several managers. In 1828 the interior was entirely re- 
modelled. A front was built, the side walls were enlarged, and a 
new house rose under the old roof. The alterations were made for 
Cowell, the manager, but he did not open the house. It was taken 
by Inslee & Blake, and opened January 1, 1829, as the Walnut Street 
Theatre. Since that time it has been in many hands, and has been 
uniformly successful. The interior has been once or twice altered, 
and the seating made more comfortable, according to the modern style 
of first-class houses of entertainment. 

Arch Street Theatre, north side of Arch street, west of Sixth 
street. Front of marble, in the Italian style, decorated with a 
statue of Apollo by N. Gevelot. The house is handsome and 
appropriate in appearance. Interior of three tiers, comfortably 
arranged and commodious. The theatre will seat 1500 persons. 
Stage 67 by 37 feet, and 30 feet high. The centre of the dome 
is 60 feet from floor to parquet. 

The theatre was built by a joint stock company, and opened on 
the 1st of October, 1828, by William B. Wood, who found the season 
disastrous. It was afterward under the management of Jones, Duffy 
and Forrest and William E. Burton and many others. Many emi nent 



THEATRICAL — VARIETIES. 259 

performers have made their first appearance here. The theatre was 
for a long time a favorite one with the late Edwin Forrest. The 
building was remodelled entirely, the front being changed, in 1863, 
and reopened September 12th of that year. 

Chestnut Street Theatre, north side of Chestnut street, 
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Building of brick ; 
front, in a handsome style of architecture. Size 66 feet front 
by 150 feet deep. Width of the stage at the proscenium, 33 feet ; 
depth, 40 feet, 6 inches; height of proscenium, 40 feet. There 
are three tiers. The seating is comfortable, and the interior 
handsome. There are seats for 1500 persons. 

This theatre was opened under the management of William 
Wheatley, 26th of January, 1863, Edwin Forrest being the principal 
performer. The interior was rebuilt in 1874, and very considerably 
changed and improved in 1875. 

Amateurs' Drawing-room, Seventeenth street above Chesnut. 
A small and neat theatre belonging to an association formed 
during the war of the rebellion. It was opened in 1865 by 
an amateur company. The building was originally an Epis- 
copal church. Occasional dramatic performances are given 
here. The auditorium is handsomely fitted up. The house 
will hold about 700 persons. 

Concordia Theatre, 417 Callowhill street, is occupied as a 
German theatre. Performances are given there during the 
theatrical seaso^i by operatic and dramatic companies. 

The building was originally the Second Universalist Church. It 
was purchased, altered and opened by Ashton & Co., under the title 
of the " City Museum and Theatre," September 11, 1854. It was 
burned November 25, 1868, and afterward rebuilt and opened as 
Concordia Hall. 

Wood's Museum, north-west corner of Ninth and Arch 
streets. This building, besides the museum of curiosities and 
a menagerie, has a regular theatrical department, in which 
performances are given. 

The building was finished and opened as the "American Museum " 
by Simpson, Carncross & Dixey, November 23, 1870. Subsequently 
it passed into the control of Colonel J. H. Wood. 



260 MINSTRELSY— CONCERTS. 

MINSTBELSY. 
Eleventh Street Opera-house, south-east corner of Eleventh 
street and Marble alley, below Market street, is handsomely, 
even luxuriously, fitted up, and commands, at all times, audi- 
ences of the highest respectability, the performances being 
chaste and amusing, free from any offensive feature. The 
number of seats is about 1100. 

The building was originally a Reformed Presbyterian church, and 
was opened December 7, 1854, by H. S. Cartee, under the title of the 
" Lyceum." It has ever since been devoted to Ethiopian minstrel 
performances. 

Simmons &. Slocum's Opera-house, north side of Arch street, 
between Tenth and Eleventh streets. Building specially erected 
for the purpose. The interior is handsomely fitted up, agree- 
able and convenient. There are seats for about 1100 persons. 

This establishment was opened as the Arch Street Opera-house, 
under Simmons & Slocum, August 20, 1870. It was burned March 
20, 1872, and rebuilt and reopened August 26th of the same year. 

CONCERTS. 

Concert Hall, north side of Chestnut street, between Twelfth 
and Thirteenth streets. The hall is large, and will seat 1200 
people. It is in demand for concerts and lectures. 

The building was erected by George W. Watson, partly for his own 
business purposes. It was opened for musical performances by a 
grand concert, in Avhich Madame Sontag and others participated, on 
the 12th of February, 1853. 

Assembly Buildings, south-west corner of Tenth and Chest- 
nut streets, used for concerts, exhibitions and balls. 

It was built and opened November, 1839, and burned March 18, 
1851. Rebuilt and reopened 1852. 

Mannerchor Hall, north-east corner of Franklin street and 
Fairmount avenue, is under charge of the German Manner- 
chor Musical Society. 

Musical Fund, Horticultural and Handel and Haydn Halls, 

all used for concert purposes, are fully described in other 
parts of this work. See Index. 



CHAPTEE XXIII. 

CHURCHES. 

THEEE were at the beginning of October, 1875, in Phila- 
delphia, five hundred and twenty-six religious congrega- 
tions, including the Israelites. A few of them, which were new- 
ly formed societies, met in halls and meeting-rooms in various 
portions of the city ; but over five hundred of them were the 
owners of their own church-buildings. Some of these were 
very plain, and some costly. Some had historical reminiscences 
connected with them which were of great interest. It would 
be unnecessary, and of no value to the stranger, to give a de- 
tailed account of these churches. A few of the more prominent, 
either upon historical account or by reason of the size and 
elegance of the buildings occupied, will be mentioned, and 
such may be worthy of attention. 

BAPTIST. 

This sect commenced worship in the city in the spring of 
1695, under the ministry of Rev. John Watts of Pennypek 
church, who preached in Philadelphia every other Sunday. 
On the second Sunday of December, 1698, the first congrega- 
tion was formed at the Barbadoes store, north-west corner of 
Second and Chestnut streets, which, at alternate times, was 
occupied by the Presbyterians. Some trouble occurred with 
the latter, and the Baptists removed to Anthony Morris' brew- 
house, "under the bank, and near the dock" — that is, in King 
street, now Water street, near Dock Creek, now Dock street. 
There are now seventy Baptist congregations in Philadelphia. 

First, north-west corner of Broad and Arch streets. A very 
fine building of brownstone, with steeple and spire of the 

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CHURCHES. 



same material. Style of architecture, Norman-Gothic. Height 
of steeple, 225 feet. Tower on the west end of the church, 
surmounted by a cupola. The interior is richly fitted up and 
decorated. The building was dedicated on the first Sunday 

of May, 1857. 

After having 
worshipped at the 
brew-house for 
some years, the 
First church, by an 
arrangement with 
the Keithians, who 
had separated from 
the Society of 
Friends, removed 
to the meeting- 
house of the latter, 
which was on the 
west side of Second 
street below Arch. 
This transfer took 
place on the 15th 
of March, 1707. 
The congregation 
remained there for 
many years. In 
1731 the wooden 
building erected by 
the Keithians was 
FIRST BAPTIST CHUECH. taken down, and a 

neat brick structure erected of the size of 32 by 40 feet. In 1762 
this building was replaced by another, much larger, which was 
again enlarged in 1808 to the dimensions of 61 by 75 feet, and re- 
mained until the new church at Broad and Arch streets was finished. 
Eminent men in the Church have been pastors of this congregation. 
Among them may be mentioned Eev. Morgan Edwards, a Baptist 
historical writer; Rev. William Rogers, chaplain of the Continental 
Congress, and subsequently professor in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania ; Rev. Ebenezer Kinnersly, professor in the College of Phila- 
delphia, and celebrated for his discoveries in electricity, in which 
science he was a companion with Franklin ; Rev. Henry Holcombe, 
Rev. William Staughton and others. 




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263 



Fifth, north-west corner of Eighteenth and Spring Garden 
streets. Decorated Gothic church of brownstone, with large 
Sunday-school building adjoining. Spire, 156 feet high. The 
building was completed in the spring of 1863. 

This church was 
founded January, 1811, 
by ninety-one persons 
who seceded from the 
First church, and or- 
ganized under the Rev. 
William Staughton. 
They built on the south 
side of Sansom street, 
between Eighth and 
Ninth streets, a peculiar 
church-edifice of a 
circular form in the 
interior, and 90 feet in 
diameter. A dome rose 
over the centre. The 
building was novel in 
the audience arrange- 
ments, and for many 
years attracted much 
attention, Mr. Staugh- 
ton was succeeded by 
manj^ ministers of piety, 
but in after years the 
church did not hold its 
popularity. The re- 
moval to the upper part 
of the city proved a 
happy experiment. ^'""'^ baptist chubch. 

The new edifice was opened for worship February 7, 1863. 

Memorial, north-east corner of Broad and Master streets. 
Building of greenstone, with light stone trimmings. Form 
of the church on Master street, that of an amphitheatre. 
Main wdndow on Broad street 40 feet high. A pinnacle 
spire rises in the centre from the angles at which the roof 
of the building meets. The corner-stone was laid August 5, 
1874. 




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CHURCHES. 



Tabernacle, north side of Chestnut street, between Seven- 
teenth and Eighteenth streets. Building, 62 by 110 feet. The 

front is formed by a semi- 



circular portico of red sand- 
stone pillars, which support 
a steeple 213 feet 8 inches in 
height. The building was 
consecrated in May, 1853. 

This church was organized 
about 1848, and for many years 
occupied a brick church-build- 
ing in Seventeenth street above 
Chestnut. 

Fourth, north-west corner 
of Fifth and Buttonwood 
streets. Front supported by 
semicircular portico, with 
steeple 188 feet high. This 
church was dedicated March 
25, 1855. 

Beth-Eden, north-west 
corner of Broad and Spruce 
streets. Church-building of 
I serpentine and graystone, 
varied with red and black 
granite. Style, Gothic inclining toward Venetian. The tower 
is unfinished, but when completed will be surmounted by a 
spire over 200 feet high from the pavement. Size of building, 
70 by 120 feet. Shape, cruciform. The chancel window, 19 
feet broad and over 36 feet high, enriched with stone-tracery, is 
filled with stained glass from the works at Munich, Germany. 
The exterior and interior are very richly carved, and the church 
is one of the finest in the city. It was built in 1868-9. 

Gethsemane, corner of Eighteenth street and Columbia 
avenue. Building of brownstone, in the Gothic style, with 
square tower 116 feet high, topped with a Mansard roof. The 
church was dedicated April 30, 1874. 




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CHURCHES. 265 

First West Philadelphia, corner of Thirty-sixth and Chestnut 
streets. Constructed of brownstone. Main building, 60 by 
132 feet. Chapel, 42 by 82 feet. Finished in the spring of 
1863. 

Berean, Fortieth and Chestnut streets. Brownstone build- 
ing. Spire, 160 feet high. 

CONGREGATIONAL. 

There are two Congregational churches in the city. 

Central, north-west corner of Eighteenth and Green streets, 
with chapel adjoining, creates a showy group of buildings. 
Style, Gothic. Material, graystone trimmed with brownstone. 
The interior is very large. The corner-stone of the chapel 
was laid March 9, 1865, and that building occupied some years 
by the congregation. The main church was dedicated June 
2, 1872. It accommodates a much greater number of persons 
than are usually provided for in religious edifices. 

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Orthodox) 
have nine meeting-houses in the city, all of them exceedingly 
plain both in exterior appearance and fitting up. The oldest 
of these, situate on Arch street, between Third and Fourth 
streets, is large, and being shaded by venerable trees retains 
a quiet serenity amidst the surrounding bustle of the neigh- 
borhood, which is in strong contrast. It stands in a lot 360 
by 366 feet, and is surrounded by a high brick wall. The 
building is divided into meeting-houses for men and for 
women, and is probably 200 feet in front. The members of 
the society resident in the neighborhood are so few that for 
some years past services have not been held there on Sunday. 
Meetings take place there on the fifth day (Thursday) of each 
week. 

William Penn gave the ground upon which this meeting-house 
was erected for a burial-ground for the Society of Friends, and it 
was used for that purpose for a century and a half by the original 
meetings at Second and Market streets, and Front and Pine streets, 
and was also used for the interment of persons to whom no other 
ground was open. Thousands of bodies are buried in it, and the 
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266 CHUKCHES. 

ground became so raised above the street that interments ceased 
about 1840. The present meeting-house was erected in 1804; and the 
meeting at Second and Market streets, occupying a meeting-house 
which was built in 1712, removed to the new building. The old 
meeting-house was torn down in 1810. 

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Hicksites). 

The division of this society commonly known as Hicksites 
has seven meeting-houses. The principal of these is in — 

Race Street above Fifteenth. It occupies a very large lot 
of ground running from Race to Cherry street, on which is 
erected a solid, plain meeting-house divided so as to separate 
the men and the women into two meetings. There are also 
school-buildings attached. 

This congregation, after the separation caused by the differences 
among members of the society in relation to the doctrines of Elias 
Hicks, purchased a lot and erected a building on the north side of 
Cherry street, east of Fifth, where they remained for many years. 
After the present meeting-house was opened, in February, 1857, the 
old meeting-house was abandoned, and the building*turned to other 
uses. 

Girard Avenue Meeting-house, north-west corner of Seven- 
teenth street and Girard avenue, is the only stone building 
belonging to the society in the built-up parts of the city. 
It is the latest structure erected by this sect ; and although the 
old severity of style is generally adhered to, there are some 
architectural departures, which shows that fashion can have 
its influence even with the plainest. 

HEBREW. 

There are ten Jewish synagogues in the city. 

Mikve Israel occupies a solid and commodious building of 
brick, east side of Seventh street above Arch, which was 
dedicated May 10, 1860. 

This congregation is the oldest of the Jewish sect in the city, and 
was organized, it is believed, as early as 1747. They worshipped in 
a small house in Sterling alley. In the year 1782 a lot of ground was 
purchased on the north side of Cherry street, west of Third, upon 
which a synagogue building was erected. About the year 1820 a 
much handsomer building was put up on the same spot, 40 feet front 



CHURCHES. 



267 



by 70 feet in depth, constructed of stone, the front and interior being 
decorated in the Egyptian style. 

Rodef Sholem, south-east corner of Broad and Mount 
Vernon streets. This is a very large building of striking ar- 
chitectural appearance, in the Saracenic style, constructed of 
sandstone decorated with stone of other colors. The interior 
is handsomely finished, and the peculiarities of the style and 
decorations invite much attention. The steeple on the corner 
of Mount Vernon street is 125 feet high. The congregation 
is of German origin, and was the second of the Hebrew per- 
suasion formed in the city. The corner-stone was laid July 
20, 1869, and the building dedicated September 10, 1870. 

LUTHERAN. 

All together, there are thirty-two Lutheran churches in 
Philadelphia, of which seventeen are English, eleven Ger- 
man, one Scandinavian, one Swedish, and two under different 
ecclesiastic control from the others. 

Zion, Franklin street above Eace, brownstone building. 
Steeple, 186 feet high. The interior is handsomely furnished. 
The corner-stone was laid May 10, 1869, and the building was 
dedicated September 11, 1870. Services are in the German 
language. 

Lutheranism was introduced into the settlements on the Delaware 
by the Swedes as early as 1638. The Swedish church at Weccacoe 
was built before Penn's arrival, and the church Gloria Dei was built 
and finished in 1700. Until the coming of Henry Melchior Muhlen- 
berg, in 1742, German Lutheranism may be said to have been in a 
state of formation. He first preached December 5, 1742, in a frame 
barn building in Arch street near Fifth, which was occupied at the 
same time by the German Reformed congregation. On the 5th of 
April, 174B, the corner-stone of St. Michael's Lutheran church, Fifth 
street above Arch, was laid, and the building dedicated August 14, 
1748. Zion church was an ofl'shoot of St. Michael's. The original 
church at the corner of Fourth and Cherry streets, 101 feet long by 
70 feet broad, was built in 1766, burned December 26, 1794, and re- 
built in 1796. It was a massive edifice and venerable in its ap- 
pearance. There Congress assembled to give thanks after the sur- 
render of Cornwallis at Yorktowu, and there were celebrated the 



268 CHURCHES. 

funeral services in memory of the death of Washington, commonly 
known as " Washington's Sham Funeral." Many other memorable 
services took place in the building, which was torn down after the 
present structure was completed. 

St. Mark's, south side of Spring Garden street, west of 
Thirteenth. Building, brownstone front, with a steeple 225 
feet high. This is a remarkably fine structure. It was com- 
menced in 1850, and finished about 1852. Services in Eng- 
lish. 

St. John's, English Lutheran, north side of Eace street, be- 
tween Fifth and Sixth. Building of brick, solid and elegant 
in appearance. When first erected, it was pronounced by good 
judges " the handsomest church in Philadelphia." The build- 
ing is 67 feet by 100, and was finished in 1808. It stands in 
the centre of an enclosure used for a graveyard, in which are 
tombstones and monuments dating from the time when the 
church was erected. 

Rev. Philip F. Mayer, D. D., was the original pastor of this con- 
gregation, and served it for more than fifty years. This church was 
organized by portions of the congregations of Zion and St. Michael's, 
in which services in the German language were kept up. The 
younger members— children of German parents, educated in the 
English language and surrounded by an English-speaking people- 
desired that there should be occasional services in English. The 
German members stoutly resisted, and after considerable dissension 
the English party broke away and established St. John's church. 

Holy Communion, English Lutheran, south-west corner of 
Broad and Arch streets, will be, when completed, one of the 
finest churches in the city. The prevailing material is green- 
stone variegated with light sandstone and stone of other col- 
ors. The style is castellated rather than ecclesiological. The 
design of the building carries out the idea of Luther, "Ein 
feste Bourg ist unser Gott"— "Our Lord is a strong castle." 
The square tower at the north-east corner rises from the pave- 
ment in the castellated style to the height of 92 feet. At the 
corners are to be circular turrets with pinnacles. Above all 
will rise a slated Mansard roof with louvre windows, making 



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CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION (WITH TOWER COMPLETED). 

the total height 147 feet. There is to be an ornamental railing 
on the peak. The main audience-room is 112 by 70 feet. The 
building is 75 feet on Arch street by 139 feet deep. The style 
will remind the traveller of the castellated structures on the 
Ehine and throughout Germany. It is Florid German-Gothic. 
On the Arch street front the main building is relieved by a 
covered arcade, the arches being supported on polished stone 
pillars. The interior is richly fitted up, and the cost of the 
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building was over $200,000. This church was dedicated in 

1875. 

Emanuel, German Lutheran, corner of Fourth and Carpen- 
ter streets, is a fine large church, with a lofty steeple. 

St. Johannes, German, corner of Fifteenth and Ogden 

streets. Church edifice of brick, in the Gothic style. Steeple 

165 feet high. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 

There are ninety-three churches of the Methodist Episcopal 
persuasion in Philadelphia, six Methodist African, one Zion 
African and one Free Methodist; total, one hundred and one. 
Nearly all the congregations occupy very plain brick buildings, 
approaching nearer to the Quaker style of meeting-house 
than is adopted by any other sect. 

St. George's, east side of Fourth street below New, brick 
building, rough-cast, 60 feet front and 85 deep, is the oldest 
Methodist church in the city, and the first established after 
the introduction of the sect. 

This building was originally intended for the use of a German 
Reformed congregation, which adopted the name of St. George in 
1763. The effort to form the church was unsuccessful. The build- 
ing was partly finished, and stood in that condition until 1770, when 
the ground and walls were purchased by the Methodists, this being 
the first church occupied by them in the city. During the Revolu- 
tionary war the British army took possession of the church, tore out 
the interior and put the building in use as a riding-school. Under 
the itinerant system, a large number of clergymen connected with 
the Methodist Church have preached within these walls, including 
Pillmore, Asbury, Coke, Whatcoat and many others, bishops and 
clergymen. The interior of this building has been changed according 
to the modern church fashions. It was exceedingly primitive, and 
uncomfortable in regard to seating, heating and lighting under the 
original Methodist usage. The front is the same as of the original 
church, except that the fashion of the doorways has been altered 
and the old bricks have been covered by rough-casting. The build- 
ing was remodelled in 1837. 

Spring Garden, north-west corner of Twentieth and Spring 
Garden streets. Building of brownstone, with tower at the 
south-east corner. Style, plain Early English-Gothic, without 



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buttresses or usual accessories. The church was dedicated 
1865. 

Arch Street, south-east comer of Arch and Broad streets. 
Building, with Sunday-school and lecture-room adjoining, of 
white marble, in the decorated Gothic style, exceedingly strik- 
ing in appearance, it being one of the finest churches in the 
city. The spire rises to the height of 233 feet. 

Grace, north-west corner of Broad and Master streets, is in- 
tended to be in style and cost fully equal to the Arch street 
church. At present a chapel of white marble upon the west 
end of the lot serves the purposes of the congregation. It is 
of the Gothic style, richly decorated and costly, and although 
to be eventually superseded by a principal church-building is 
larger and finer than many handsome structures used by 
other sects. 

This congregation was formed in 1873, and the first chapel, a 
wooden building, was dedicated May 4th of that year. The present 
stone chapel was finished in 1875. 

MENNONITES. 

Never a strong sect, the Mennonites have three churches, all 
of which are plain in appearance. The oldest of these, quaint 
and interesting, is of stone, situated in Germantown, upon 
Main street near Tulpehocken. It was built in 1770. There 
is a graveyard in the rear, in w^hich are many interesting 
monuments and tombstones. The church-building is at pres- 
ent occupied by the Eeformed Episcopal church of German- 
town. 

MORAVIANS. 

The Moravians have four churches, all of which are con- 
structed in good taste, but are not of striking architectural 
appearance. 

The First Church, corner of Franklin and Wood streets, is 
of brick, rough-cast, in the Gothic style, and adjoins the little 
graveyard of this sect, extending to Vine street, which is 
noticeable from the fact that the gravestones are small and 
laid flat on the graves, in accordance with the Moravian 
custom. This church was consecrated January 27, 1856. 



272 CHURCHES. 

The history of the Moravian Church is of interest from the fact 
that the principles of the sect were introduced into the city by Count 
Nicholas Lewis von Zinzendorf in person. He came to America 
in 1741 as bishop and representative, with full powers from the 
Bohemian and Moravian brethren adhering to the Augsburg Con- 
fession. He was for a season located in Germantown and in and 
about Philadelphia, acting as pastor for the Lutherans, but in con- 
sequence of differences of opinion withdrew from the latter, and 
thirty-four of his adherents formed the Moravian Society according 
to the original tenets. From this foundation rose the Moravian 
Church in America. A lot was purchased at the south-east corner of 
Bread and Race streets in 1742. A very peculiar and odd-looking 
church was put up, the corner-stone being laid September 10 of 
that year. The dedication took place November 25 following. This 
building was afterward enlarged, was torn down in 1819, and the 
corner-stone of a larger structure was laid May 10 of that year. In 
1856 the church at Franklin and AVood streets was finished and the 
old one abandoned. 

The Second Church, corner of Franklin and Thompson 
streets, occupies a stone building, comfortable and convenient. 

NEW CHURCH. 
The disciples of Emanuel Swedenborg have three congrega- 
tions in the city. The principal one is on the east side 
of Broad street, above Spring Garden, commodious and taste- 
ful in appearance. It was completed in 1855. 

This sect, sometimes called the New Jerusalem Church, had its 
origin in Philadelphia by the preaching of Rev. Manning B. Roche. 
A congregation was formed, and a church 40 by 60 feet built on 
Fourth street, between German and Catharine, in 1829. The Second 
congregation of the New Church occupies a building on Cherry 
street near Twenty-fiirst, which was dedicated September 20, 1857. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

There are seventy-five churches of the Presbyterian per- 
suasion in the city, eleven United Presbyterian, eight Pres- 
byterian General Synod, three Presbyterian Synod and one 
Presbyterian Eeformed; total, ninety-eight— all of various 
shades of Presbyterian doctrine. 

First, south-east corner of Seventh and Locust streets. 



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Building of brick, rough-cast, 75 feet front by 140 feet deep, 
with a fine portico, in the Ionic style, fronting on Locust street. 
The building was finished in 1822. The main audience-room 
will seat 1300 persons. The cupola is 106 feet high. 

This congregation, the first organized in Pennsylvania, dates its 
formation from 1698, when the Rev. Jedediah Andrews came from 
New England to Philadelphia, and ofiiciated for the Independents, 
as the Presbyterians were then called, in the Barbadoes store, north- 
west corner of Second and Chestnut streets. In 1704 this congregation 
built its first house of worship on Market street, at the south-east 
corner of White Horse alley, since called Bank street. The building 
was enlarged in 1729, torn down and rebuilt with a handsome Ionic 
front in 1793. It was abandoned and demolished after the present 
church-building was constructed. This is the parent Presbyterian 
church, and has been under the care of eminent ministers of that 
denomination. Mr. Andrews preached there more than half a cen- 
tury. Among the pastors were Rev. Francis Allison, vice-provost, 
and Rev. John Ewing, provost, of the University of Pennsylvania. 
Rev. James Patriot Wilson was minister of the First church for 
twenty-six years. He was succeeded by Rev. Albert Barnes, whose 
fame as a theologian and biblical scholar is world-wide. He filled the 
pulpit for thirty-eight years. 

Second, south-east corner of Twenty-first and Walnut streets. 
Building, 58 feet wide by 119 feet deep, of stone of various 
colors, including granite, brownstone, redstone, bluestone, 
green serpentine and drab-colored sandstone. The interior 
walls are finished with English brick. The ceiling is 60 feet 
high. The carvings of the interior and exterior are very rich 
with tracery, arabesques, texts and mottoes. The pulpit, of 
stone, presents the figure of a kneeling angel supporting the 
reading-desk. There is a magnificent organ, which cost nearly 
$20,000. At the north-west corner is a tower, yet unfinished, 
which is intended to be surmounted by a spire rising to the 
height of 202 feet. 

This congregation was originally formed in 1743 by seceders from 
the First church, who were stimulated by the preaching of the 
celebrated itinerant George Whitefield. They worshipped in a 
building constructed for Whitefield, on Fourth street, south of Arch 
street, which eventually became the college and university. Their 

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first church-building, at the north-west corner of Third and Arch 
streets, was commenced on the 17th of May, 1750, and opened in the 
same year. It was enlarged in 1809, abandoned in 1837, when a new 
cliurch-building of marble, on the east side of Seventh street below 
Arch, was dedicated. The present edifice was commenced in 1809, 
and dedicated October 13, 1872. Among the pastors have been Revs. 
George Whitefield, Gilbert Tennent, Ashbel Green, J. J. Janeway, 
C. C. Cuyler and C. W. Shields. 




OLD PINE STREET CHUKOi. 



Third, commonly called " Old Pine Street Church/' south- 
west corner of Fourth and Pine streets. Building of brick, 
rough-cast, with portico of four Corinthian pillars. It stands 
in the midst of a graveyard. The western portion of this 
enclosure belong;s to the congregation of the First church, and 




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276 CHURCHES. 

in it are many ancient graves and headstones, David Rit- 
tenhouse, the astronomer, is buried here. A monument 
to Captain Charles Ross of the First City Troop, erected by 
that organization after the death of Captain Ross, October 8, 
1817, is surmounted by bronze military trophies, and will 
attract the attention of the stranger. Some of the head- 
stones affixed to the southern wall are very old, and were 
removed from the ground of the First church on Market 
street. The eastern portion of the enclosure, fronting on 
Fourth street, belongs to the Third church, and is the resting- 
place of many noted citizens. 

This congregation was established under the superintendence of 
the First Presbyterian church, and with the approbation and assist- 
ance of that congregation, on the 10th of August, 1761, The enter- 
prise went on slowly. The house was finished so far in June, 1768, 
that public worship was held in it for the first time. This congrega- 
tion soon became involved in controversy with the First church, the 
members of which, it was thought, were inclined to exercise too much 
authority over the new congregation. These difficulties continued 
for some years. During the Revolution the British army took pos- 
session of the church, and used it as a hospital. Among the eminent 
pastors of this church were Rev. George Duffield, 1771-1790 ; Rev. John 
Blair Smith, 1791-1799; Rev. Archibald Alexander, 1806-1812 ; Rev. 
Thomas Brainerd, 1837-1867. This building was erected in the general 
style of the ante-Revolutionary times, of brick, and the walls yet re- 
main ; but the fashion of the architecture has been greatly changed, 
so that from appearance a stranger would never suspect that within 
those walls prayer, praise and homilies have been heard for more 
than a century. 

Alexander, north-east corner of Nineteenth and Green 
streets. A fine building of stone, in tlie Gothic style. 
Steeple and spire, 200 feet high. 

This congregation originated about 1858. The lecture-room, now 
on the east side of the main building, was dedicated May 22, 1859. 

West Arch Street, south-east corner of Eighteenth and 
Arch streets. This is one of the finest church edifices in the 
city. It is of the Corinthian order of architecture, with a 
magnificent portico on Arch street, a central dome, 170 feet 
high, and richly ornamented cupolas, each 115 feet high, in 



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the minaret style, at the corners of the front. The corner- 
stone was laid. May, 1853, and the building finished and 
opened in the succeeding year. 

This congregation was originally known as the Eleventh Presby- 
terian church. A building 50 by 70 feet was erected for their use, 
on the south side of Vine street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth 
streets, in 1830. 

Fifth, south side of Arch street, west of Tenth street. Brick 
building, Qo feet front by 85 feet deep, with wooden steeple 
165 feet high. This spire is considered a handsome specimen 
of architecture. It exhibits in one view, from the base to the 
summit, the characteristics of the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian 
and Composite orders. 

This church was erected in 1822 by a congregation which separated 
from the Second church. The first pastor was Rev. Thomas H. Skin- 
ner, a learned and eloquent divine, who served in the pulpit for many 
years, and was very popular. 

Calvary, south side of Locust street above Fifteenth. 
Brownstone, Gothic, with two towers and steeples on the front, 
each 135 feet high. The building was dedicated November, 
1858. 

West Spruce Street, south-west corner of Seventeenth and 
Spruce streets. Massive building of brick, ornamentally laid 
in the Gothic style. Steeple, 248 feet high, the most lofty in 
the city. The corner-stone was laid April 26, 1855, and the 
building dedicated January 4, 1857. 

This congregation originated in a colony from the Tenth church, 
Rev. Dr. H. A. Boardman, pastor, at the north-east corner of Twelfth 
and Walnut streets. 

Bethany, church and Sunday-school, south-east corner of 
Twenty-second and Bainbridge streets. The church stands 
east of Twenty-second street, fronting on Bainbridge street 
112 feet, and running through to Pemberton street, making a 
depth of 185 feet. It is built of Trenton brownstone, is 
plainly but substantially finished, and can seat two thousand 
persons. Its present communion is over eight hundred mem- 
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bers. But this building is not as large as the remarkablie 
Sunday-school building which adjoins, and which has fronts 
on Twenty-second, Bainbridge and Pemberton streets. It is 




BETHANY CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOJ^. 

138 feet front by 185 feet deep, and is built of brownstone, with 
bluestone trimmings. Style, Gothic, of the Norwegian type, 
resembling that adopted in the church-buildings of Norway 
and Sweden, and presenting an appearance unusual in this 




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country. The front is semicircular in form and composed of 
six gables. There are two towers, the principal one of which, 
with curiously-shaped spire, rises to the height of 105 feet, and 
is furnished with a clock and bells. This building, devoted to 
Sunday-school purposes, is the largest in the United States, and 
has accommodations for twenty-eight hundred scholars. Over 
twelve hundred children attend here every Sunday. The build- 
ing is divided into class-rooms, lecture-rooms, chapels and other 
apartments, and has seating capacity for three thousand per- 
sons. It was finished June 4, 1874. The church congregation 
was founded in 1865. 

North Broad Street, north-east corner of Broad and Green 
streets. Building of brownstone, in the Norman-Gothic style, 
70 feet front on Broad street, 115 feet deep. Steeple, 222 feet 
in height. The corner-stone of this edifice was laid June 9, 
1862, and the building dedicated in the succeeding year. 

Oxford, corner of Broad and Oxford streets. Building of 
stone, in the Gothic style, spacious and elegant. Steeple, 
182 feet high. 

Tabernacle, south-east corner of Broad and Olive streets, 
above Chestnut street. Brick, rough-cast, with a splendid 
Corinthian portico of eight columns, approached by a flight 
of thirteen steps. A fine specimen of the Grecian style of 
architecture. 

This congregation was organized in 1804 under the title of Inde- 
pendent Tabernacle. The next year a building was erected for its 
use in Kanstead court west of Fourth street, above Chestnut. Rev. 
AVilliam Hey was the first pastor. In 1816 the Tabernacle was car- 
ried over to the Reformed Dutch denomination. In 1819 the mem- 
bers renounced that jurisdiction, and were received in the Presbytery 
of Philadelphia as the Seventh Presbyterian church. Building, 
Broad and Chestnut streets, dedicated December 31, 1842; opened 
for divine service next day. 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 

There are ninety -two churches of the Protestant Episcopal 
denomination, and five Reformed Episcopal. In the costliness 



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of buildings and value of the church property this sect ex- 
ceeds all others. 

Christ Church, west side of Second street above Market. 
Building of brick, 60 feet in width by 90 feet in length, con- 
structed in the solid style of the early part of last century. 
A wooden steeple rises from a brick tower at the west end of 
the church. It is 1 90 feet high. In the tower will be found 
the church library, which contains some rare books and trea- 
tises upon polemical subjects. 

This church occupies the site of a frame building which was built 
in the year 1695, enlarged in 1711 and in 1720. The present struc- 
ture may date from 1727, when the western end was commenced. 
It Avas completed in 1731. The eastern end is believed to have been 
commenced in 1735, but it Avas not finished completely until August, 
1744, when the vestry voted thanks to Dr. John Kearsley, physician, 
a member of the church, who drew the architectural plan and super- 
intended the erection. The tower and steeple were built in 1753-4 
and a chime *of bells procured, and the building has not been mate- 
rially changed in appearance since that time. Upon the eastern end, 
above the great arched window, at the time of the Revolution, was a 
profile bust in relief of George III. carved in wood, and a crown. 
These remained up until after peace was declared, when an excited 
state of public feeling compelled their removal. They are now in pos- 
session of the congregation and preserved in the vestry-room. The 
spire was also surmounted with a crown, which was taken down after 
the Rt. Eev. William White was elected bishop of Pennsylvania, and 
replaced by a mitre. The steeple contains a ring of eight bells, which 
were purchased in London in 1 754. These bells were taken out of the 
steeple, with all other bells in the city, before the British army entered 
Philadelphia during the Revolution, and were subsequently returned. 
The interior of the church was also antique and venerable in its fit- 
ting-up, but very uncomfortable. In 1834 the interior was altered by 
the architect, Thomas U. Walter, in such manner as to be suitable to 
modern ideas of convenience, preserving at the same time as far as pos- 
sible the antique appearance of the olden period and all features of 
venerable character. This church was the leading place of worship 
under the proprietary government after the second visit of William 
Penn. The lieutenant-governor and royal officers attended worship 
there. There was a particular pew fitted up for the use of the gover- 
nors, and during the time that Congress and the Federal government 
were in Philadelphia a pew was retained for the use of the presidents 
of Congress and the Presidents of the United States, Washington and 
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Adams. Franklin had a pew at Christ church for many years. Under 
the floors and in the ground adjoining are buried several distinguished 
persons, including some rectors of the church. The Hon. John Penn, 




one of the former pro]n-ietanes of Pennsylvania, was buried there in 
1795, and a tablet to his memory yet remains. His body was removed 
to England, however, some years ago. The remains of Bishop William 
White, for many years rector of this church-, and of Robert Morris, the 
financier of the Revolution, lie in the crypt under the school-house on 



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283 



the north side of the church. The burying-ground belonging to the 
congregation is situated at the south-east corner of Arch and Fifth 
streets. Many eminent persons have been interred witliin that en- 
closure. The remains of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Debo- 
rah, are under a flat stone, with proper inscriiDtion, close to the wall on 
Arch street near to Fifth. A palisade railing is in front, so that the place 




GKA\ t Ol IKAJSKLI^s. 

may be seeu from the street. In the yard are monuments to Commo- 
dore William Bainbridge, Commodore Richard Dale, General James 
Irvine, Major William Jackson of the Revolution, General Jacob 
Morgan, Dr. Philip Syng Physic, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Rev. Bird 
Wilson ; Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Con- 
gress, and Francis Hopkinson were buried here, but no monu- 
ments mark the spots where they lie. The communion service of 
this church contains som'e antique vessels, which were presented 
by Queen Anne of England, in 1708. Colonel Robert Quarry, in 
1712, contributed a silver basin for the baptismal font, with a flagon 
and plates. Among the rectors and assistant ministers of Christ 



284 CHURCHES. 

church were many eminent men, among whom may be mentioned 
the Rev. Richard Peters, Rev. Jacob Duche, Rt. Rev. Jackson 
Kemper, afterward bishop of Michigan, Rt. Rev. William White, 
first bishop of Pennsylvania, Rt. Rev. W. H. Delancey, bishop 
of New York, and others, 

St. Peter's, south-west corner of Third and Pine streets, 60 
feet front by 90 in depth. The spire and tower are 218 feet 
high. They were finished in September, 1842, and the chime 
of eight bells which they contain were presented to the 
church by Benjamin Wilcocks, and first rung November 8d of 
the same year. In the burial-ground attached to the church 
is the tomb of the Rev. Jacob Duch6, an inscription to whose 
memory is on the eastern front of the building. The remains 
of Commodore Stephen Decatur were removed here in 1844, 
and the place where they rest is shoAvn by a fine tall Ionic 
pillar of marble surmounted by an eagle. 

This church-building was commenced September 21, 1758, and 
finished and dedicated on the 4th of September, 1761. It was estab- 
lished by the vestry and members of Christ church, and the govern- 
ment was for a long time under the control of one vestry, which 
directed the affairs of both churches, and the rector and assistant 
minister preached in either church as occasion required. This 
building, in its exterior appearance and interior arrangements, 
retains many of its ancient architectural features, among which 
may be particularly noticed the old style high-back pews, which 
cannot be found in any other church in Philadelphia. The name 
of the Rev. Jacob Duche, "who delivered the first prayer in Con- 
gress," has been frequently associated with this church, and it 
is probable that before the Revolution his principal services were 
at St. Peter's. Duche's subsequent history, in consequence of his 
defection from the American cause during the Revolution, is well 
known. The union between Christ church and St. Peter's was severed 
in 1832. Among the rectors after that time was Rev. William H. 
Odenheimer, afterward bishop of New Jersey. General Washington 
at one time, probably while attending the convention to form the 
Constitution of the United States, resided near St. Peter's, and was 
an attendant there. 

St. Paul's, east side of Third street below^ Walnut. Build- 
ing of brick, rough-cast, 90 feet long and 60 wide. The edifice 
is the original one, but w^as greatly altered inside and out in 



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1832, so as to present a modern appearance. There are vaults 
on each side of the church, in one of which are the remains 
of Edwin Forrest, the tragedian. A small burying-ground in 
the rear is filled up with graves. A tablet on the east wall 
commemorates the virtues of Rev. Dr. Pillmore, formerly 
rector. 

The church -building was constructed in 1761, and opened on the 
20th of December in that year. It was in some respects an inde- 
pendent church, and erected in consequence of difKcubies among 
the members of Christ church, caused by the refusal of the Jatter to 
allow the Rev. William McClenachan, who had served for a time at 
Christ church as assistant minister and become popular with some of 
the congregation, to officiate further at that church. His adherents 
withdrew and formed St. Paul's. For eleven years the bishop of 
London refused to recognize the ministers serving at this church. 
In 1772 the difficulty was removed, and St. Paul's congregation was 
recognized as in communion with the Church of England. Among 
the rectors subsequently were eminent men, among whom may be 
mentioned the Rev. Samuel Magaw, Eev. Joseph Pillmore and 
Stephen H. Tyng, since rector of St. George's, New York. 

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes'), east side of Swanson street below 
Christian, near the Delaware Eiver. This venerable church, 
the oldest in the city, is of black and red brick, with a quaint 
little belfry perched on the western end. It is 30 feet in width 
by 60 deep. The interior has been very much altered of late 
years. In 1846 a gallery was erected on three sides of the 
church and windows cut in the walls. In the front of the 
gallery are curious carvings of cherubim, also ancient. 

This venerable edifice until 1843 was attached to the communion 
of the Swedish Lutheran Church, and was for one hundred and 
thirty years under the charge of ministers sent from Sweden. The 
building occupies the site of a log church, which was also designed 
to be made use of as a block-house for defence against Indians, 
which was erected by the Swedes before the English came to Penn- 
sylvania. That part of the city was called Wicaco, from the name 
of an Indian village near by. The present brick church was begun 
on the 28th of May, 1698, and the building was dedicated July 2, 
1700, by the Rev. Eric Biork, who preached from 2 Samuel v. 29. 
The church was Swedish Lutheran. By the cutting down of the 
street alongside of it, the cellar has come to be above ground. 



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Porches were i)laced on the north and south sides of the building ia 
1702, and the Jittle steeple and bell were subsequently added. An 
antique font still in possession of the church is believed to have been 
used at Tinieum or at the Wicaco block-house church before the 
present church-building was erected. The tenets of the original 
worshippers at this church were Lutheran. The pulpit was filled 
by a succession of pastors sent out from Sweden. The last of these 
was the Rev. Nicholas Collin, who was sent out during the Revolu- 
tion, and who remained in charge of Gloria Dei until his death, in 




OLD feWEDES' CHURCH (GLORIA DEI). 

1831. He was a man of science and learning, a prominent member 
of the Philosophical Society, and a leading citizen of Philadelphia 
for fifty years. Before the death of Mr. Collin the services in the 
Swedish language ceased entirely; and the majority of the congrega- 
tion inclining to the mode of worship of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, the organization was carried over to that communion. The 
graveyard connected with this church extended west beyond the line 
of Second street, where a portion of it yet remains. In the ground 
attached to the church are many old tombstones dating back long 
before the Revolution. The remains of Alexander Wilson, the cele- 



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brated naturalist and poet, wiiose works in description of tlie birds 
of America are the most complete and wonderful of the essays upon 
natural history ever written, lie buried in this ground, his tomb be- 
ing near the western door of the church and in a conspicuous position. 

Trinity, Oxford road near Fox Cliase, about two and a half 
miles north-west of Frankford. Brick building, decorated wdth 
black brick. Next to Gloria Dei, it is the oldest church in 
Philadelphia. 

The congregation was established in 1698, worshipped in a log 
church until some time after 1709 and before 1714, when a brick 
church was built, which is still standing, with additions, and is 
venerable in its appearance. For many years this church was im- 
perfectly supplied, having to rely upon the services of missionaries 
sent out from England. Among its most eminent rectoi-s have been 
the Eev. William Smith, provost of the Univei-sity of Pennsylvania, 
and Rt. Eev. John Henry Hobart, afterward bishop of ]!sew York. 

St. James', of Kingsessing (Swedish), south-eastern side of 
Darby road, a short distance east of the Blue Bell Tavern. 
Building of graystone, rustic work, pointed with white 
mortar, in -which pebbles are embedded. It is a curious 
specimen of the Pennsylvania style of building in the 
middle of the last century. The graveyard attached contains 
many tombstones, conspicuous among which is one to the 
memory of General Josiah Harmer of Revolutionary fame. 

This church was originally Swedish Lutheran, using the English 
tongue, and vras united with the Gloria Dei. The members carried 
the congregation to the Protestant Episcopal Church about the same 
time that the former church joined that connection. The church 
was built in 1762-3, but has been since enlarged by an addition which 
doubles its size. The western portion is the original church. 

St. James', north-west corner of Twenty-second and Walnut 
streets. Building in the Gothic style, of stone of different 
colors, having a fine Sunday-school hall attached. The in- 
terior is richly decorated and arranged, and is shrouded with 
a dim religious light. 

This church was originally united with Christ church, and occu- 
pied a plain brick building on Seventh street north of Market, which 
was consecrated May 1, 1809. The corner-stone of the present build- 
ing was laid May 9, 1870. 



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St. Stephen's, east side of Tenth street below Market. 
Building of brick, rough-cast. The front is flanked with 
octagonal towers 86 feet in height, comprising five stories, 
with windows and offsets terminating in battle parapets. 
These towers are connected by a screen 30 feet in width and 



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BURB MONUMENT IN ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. 

60 feet high. The length of the building is 102 feet, breadth 

61 feet. The interior is highly finished in the Gothic style, 
and considered one of the most perfect specimens of that 
architecture in the country. On the northern side a small 
chapel opens, in which is the Burd monument, beautiful 
figures of pure white marble, erected by Edward Shippen 
Burd in memory of members of his family. A chime of 
bells is in the tower. 



CHURCHES. 289 

The building was originally erected for the purposes of the Methodist 
church of St. Thomas, and was for some j'^ears occupied by that sect. 
The congregation failing, the church-building was sold, and was 
bought by the Episcopalians, who changed the interior and exterior 
and consecrated it as St. Stephen's church, Feb. 27, 1823. 

St. Andrew's, west side of Eighth street, between Locust and 
Spruce streets. Building of brick, rough-cast, 65 feet front 
by 130 deep. A magnificent portico of six columns, in the 
Corinthian style, fronts upon the street It is a copy of the 
portico of the temple of Bacchus at Teos. The interior is 
handsomely decorated in the Grecian style. 

The corner-stone was laid September 5, 1822, and church dedicated 
May 21, 1823, under the rectorship of Eey. G. T. Bedell, who re- 
mained in charge until his death, in 1834. Several eminent clergy- 
men have been in service of this church, among whom may be 
mentioned Rev. Thomas March Clark, 1843-1847, afterward bishop 
of Rhode Island; William Bacon Stevens, 1847-1862, afterward 
bishop of Pennsylvania. 

St. Mark's, north side of Locust street, between Sixteenth 
and Seventeenth streets. Building of brownstone. Decorated 
Gothic. It extends from east to west on Locust street, with a 
front of 150 feet on the latter, and a depth of 91 feet. It is 
constructed, in the interior and exterior, entirely of stone and 
wood-work of solid oak. The tower forms the south porch 
and principal place of entrance, by a richly moulded doorway, 
ornamented with foliated shafts. The aisles are lighted by 
windows divided by muUions of stone. The tower and spire 
are of peculiar beauty, and rise to the height of 170 feet. The 
interior is divided into chancel, nave and aisle. The windows 
are decorated with stained glass. The altar is of stone. The 
church is the finest specimen of Gothic architecture to be 
found in the city. It was built in 1849, and dedicated Mav 
21, 1850. 

Holy Trinity, south-west corner of Walnut street and Eit- 
tenhouse square. Building of brownstone, in the Gothic style, 
with a fine Sunday-school building adjoining on the west. 
Tower at the south-east corner, 150 feet high. The interior 
is an imposing example of the effect which can be produced 
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290 CHURCHES. 

by the Gotliic style of architecture. The pews and chancel 
are handsomely furnished. 

The corner-stone of this church was laid May 25, 1857, and the 
building opened for v7orship March 27, 1859. The rectors have been 
clergymen of great eminence as scholars and orators. Among them 
were A. H. Vinton, Phillips Brooks and Thomas A. Jaggar, the latter 
lately elected bishop of Southern Ohio, 

Epiphany, north-west corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut 
streets. Brick church, rough-cast, portico in front, of double 
rows of Doric columns ; presents a rich and impressive appear- 
ance. The church stands back from Chestnut sti-eet, so that 
the view of the proportions of the building is unobstructed. 
The interior is capacious, and will accommodate a larger 
number of worshippers than is usual in other churches. 

The congregation was formed among members of St. Paul's church, 
and the rector of the latter, Eev. S. H. Tyng, accompanied them to 
the new church, which was consecrated on the 11th of October, 1834. 

St. Clement's, south-west corner of Twentieth and Cherry 
streets. Building of brownstone, in the French-Gothic style. 
The chancel of the church adjoins Twentieth sti-eet, and is in 
the style of the cathedral of St. Denis near Paris. The entrance 
is at the west end of the church from the south yard and from 
Cherry street. A tower on the north-east corner of the church 
is surmounted by a cross. There was formerly a spire above 
the tower, which was taken down a few years ago in conse- 
quence of being in a decayed and dangerous condition. This 
church is strongly ritualistic in its ceremonies, and is notable 
to strangers on that account. 

The building was finished and first opened for worship in January, 
1859, and was then under the rectorship of Rev. Henry S. Spack- 
man. 

St. Luke's, west side of Thirteenth street below Spruce. 
Building of brick, rough-cast, with portico in the Corinthian 
style, richly decorated. The interior is handsome. 

This church has supplied to the House of Bishops Mark Anthony 
DeWolf Howe, bishop of Central Pennsylvania, and W. H. Hare, 
bishop of Niobrara. 



CHURCHES. 291 

Incarnation, corner of Broad and Jefferson streets. Build- 
ing of brownstone, 100 feet wide by 160 deep, one of the 
largest Episcopal churches in the city. The corner-stone was 
laid December 15, 1858, and the building was occupied in 
1860. 

St. James the Less, Nicetown lane near Eidge avenue. 
Building entirely of stone, in the Early English-Gothic style, 
with a tower 80 feet high, stands in a churchyard in which 
are several fine monuments. The interior is esteemed one of 
the best specimens of Gothic architecture in the United 
States. 

REFORMED (GERMAN). 

There are seventeen churches of the Eeformed denomina- 
tion, formerly known as German Eeformed, but now strictly 
called the Eeformed Church in the United States. 

First, south side of Eace street below Fourth, occupies a 
very plain brick building. It is the representative church of 
the sect, although not so old as the church at Germantown, 
established in 1728. Services in English. 

This congregation was formed in 1732, by Eev. George Michael 
Weiss, and was known as the German Eeformed. Services were held 
together with the Lutherans, in 1734, in a barn in Arch street near 
Fifth. Rev. Michael Schlatter succeeded Weiss, and under his min- 
istration a church-building was erected on the site of the present 
edifice, and opened for worship, although in an unfinished state, on 
the 6th of December, 1747. The building was of stone, hexagonal 
in shape, the roof running up to a point, surmounted by a small cupo- 
la and a weather-cock. It was called in common parlance the " Six- 
square Dutch Church " and the "Calvinistic Dutch Church." This 
building was taken down in 1762, and a new one erected in shape 
of a parallelogram, 65 by 90 feet. The present building is the third 
which has stood upon this site. It was erected in 1837. 

Christ, south side of Green street, between Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth. Handsome building, with a slender steeple of 
graceful form. Services in English. 

Salem, north side of Fairmount avenue, east of Fourth 
street. Building dedicated October 11, 1874. Steeple 150 feet 
high, with clock and a ring of four bells. Services in German. 



292 CHURCHES. 

REFORMED (DUTCH). 

There are three churches belonging to this sect, formerly 
called the Reformed Dutch, now known as the Reformed 
Church in America. Services are in the English language. 

First, north-west corner of Seventh and Spring Garden 
streets. Very handsome building, 71 by 115 feet, with a 
noble Grecian portico on the main front. The corner-stone 
was laid December 15, 1853. The building was dedicated 
April 29, 1855. 

This congregation was established in 1808, and the next year went 
under the charge of Rev. Jaraes K. Burch, and was principally com- 
posed of descendants of members of the German Reformed Church who 
desired to have preaching in the English language. Refusal to allow 
this favor led to a separation and the building of a church on the 
west side of Crown street, north of Race, which was opened for wor 
ship in 1810. Mr. Burch was followed in the ministry by Rev. 
Joseph Broadhead, Rev. John Ludlow, for many years provost in 
the University of Pennsylvania, G. R. Livingston, G. W. Bethune, 
and others. 

Second, east side of Seventh street above Brown. Build- 
ing of brick, with fine Grecian portico. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC. 

There are forty-two churches of this persuasion in the city. 
All the congregations are large, having several services daily, 
so that one church will accommodate many worshippers. 

St. Joseph's, north side of Willing's alley, between Third 
and Fourth streets. Brick building, 40 feet in width by 100 
in depth, which was consecrated in 1839. 

This church occupies the site upon which was built old St. Jo- 
seph's, the first Catholic church in Pennsylvania. It was built 
under the direction of Father Joseph Greaton, a member of the 
Society of Jesus, who was sent from Maryland to Pennsylvania for 
that purpose in the year 1731-2. It is said that the original congre- 
gation consisted of only eleven members. The church and the dwell- 
ing-house of the priest were under one roof, and when enlarged some 
years afterward occupied no greater space than 40 feet by 40. This 
building served the purpose of its construction until 1821, when it 
was enlarged. It was torn down in 1837. 



CHURCHES. 293 

St. Mary's, west side of Fourth street below Locust. Brick 
building, of plain architecture, 71 feet front by 100 deep. 
The burying-ground attached extends through to Fifth street. 
The remains of Commodore John Barry of the Revolutionary 
navy, and Thomas Fitzsimons, a member of the Continental 
Congress and a merchant of influence, lie in the enclosure. 

This church was the second building erected in Philadelphia for 
use of worshippers of the Roman Catholic persuasion. The ground 
was purchased in 1759-60, with the approbation and at the instance 
of Father Robert Harding of St. Josei^h's. The money was coatrib- 
uted almost entirely by members of St. Joseph's congregation. In 
1763 the church-building was erected on the eastern part of the 
ground, and the church was considered the property of the members 
of the order of Jesus, and was an appendage of the church of St. Jo- 
seph's. The ecclesiastical affairs of Pennsylvania were administered 
after the Revolution as a part of the diocese of the province of 
Baltimore by Archbishop Carrol. In 1810 the Rt. Rev. Michael 
Egan was created the first bishop of Philadelphia, and St. Mary's 
became the cathedral church, and was so considered for many years. 
In the same year, 1810, the church was enlarged and altered. No 
particular change has been made in its appearance since that time. 

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, east side of Eighteenth 
street, between Race and Vine, 136 feet front, 216 feet in 
length, 101 feet 6 inches high to the apex of the pediment. 
The extreme height of the dome is 210 feet. The interior of 
the building is cruciform, and designed in the most elaborate 
Roman-Corinthian style. The nave is 50 feet wide by 182 
long; the transepts are 50 feet wide by 128 long; the vaulted 
ceiling is 80 feet high. The sanctuary or chancel is 50 feet 
wide and 46 deep. The dome is at the base 51 feet in diame- 
ter, and at its height 156 feet above the pavement. There are 
chapels on each side of the church 22 feet wide and 39 long. 
There are no side windows; light is received from above. 
The pavement is of marble, laid on brick arches. Over the 
grand altar is a painting of the Crucifixion, by Constantine 
Brumidi. There are four figures in chiaro oscuro of the apos- 
tles Peter, Paul, John and James. The dome is decorated with 
the painting of the Assumption of the Virgin. The front is 
of the Roman-Corinthian order, consisting of a portico of four 
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294 CHURCHES. 

columns, 60 feet high and 6 feet in diameter, finished with 
richly sculptured bases and capitals. On the frieze of the 
pediment are engraved the words "Ad majorum Dei gloriam." 
The main entrance is approached by a flight of 9 steps 48 feet 
long. Wings on each side of the portico are decorated with 
pilasters and niches for statues. 

The corner-stone of this building was laid September 6, 1846, by 
Bishop Kenrick. The work upon it was continued during his ad- 
ministration of the episcopal office. It was under the care of Bishop 
Neuman, and the work finished under Bishop Wood. Eeligious ser- 
vices were first held in the cathedral on Easter Sunday of 1863, but 
the building was still unfinished. It was dedicated November 20, 
1864, by Eev. Bishop Wood, three archbishops, twelve bishops and 
nearly four hundred priests. 

St. John the Evangelist, east side of Thirteenth street, above 
Chestnut. Large building, in the Gothic style, of brick, rough- 
cast, with square towers in front. It was finished about 1832, 
principally by the exertions of Eev. John Hughes, afterward 
archbishop of New York. The building is large, and will seat 
two thousand persons. The paintings are by fine artists. The 
altar-piece, in fresco, by Nicholas Monachesi, was finished in 
1832, and was the first piece of fresco painting ever executed 
in America. 

Holy Trinity (German), north-west corner of Sixth and 
Spruce streets, was the third Catholic church erected in the 
city. It is of black and red brick, old-fashioned and quaint 
in style, 60 feet on Sixth by 100 on Spruce street. A small 
burying-ground is attached. The church was dedicated for the 
use of German Catholics in 1789. The body of Stephen Gi- 
rard was for several years deposited in a vault belonging to 
this church. 

St. Augustine's, west side of Fourth street below Vine. 
Building of brick, constructed under the directions of her- 
mits of the order of St. Augustine. It is 62 feet front by 125 
feet deep. The steeple is 188 feet high. 

The corner-stone of the original church was laid by Rev. Dr. 
Hurley, September, 1796, and the church dedicated June 7, 1801. In 
the interior, over the altar, was Rush's great work, sculptured in 




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296 CHURCHES. 

wood, of the Crucifixion^ representlBg Christ on the cross. The front 
of the church was improved in 1826, and a cupola erected which 
contained a clock and bell, the latter being the old bell from the 
State-house, which had belonged to Pennsylvania in colonial times. 
This building was set on fire and totally destroyed during the Na- 
tive American riots on the 8th of May, 1844. The present church- 
building was finished in 1846; 

Assumption, north side of Spring Garden street east of 
Twelfth. Church of brownstone, Gothic, with two towers and 
spires 160 feet each in height, handsomely decorated in the 
interior. It is 75 feet in width by 116 in depth. The corner- 
stone was laid in 1848, and the building dedicated in aSTovem- 
ber, 1849. 

St. Peter's, south-east comer of Fifth street and Girard 
avenue. Building of brick, rough-cast, 78 feet wide in front, 
170 feet deep. The style is of the Roman-Corinthian. The 
massive tower in the centre is surmounted by a spire, which 
rises to the height of 235 feet and contains a clock and bells. 
There is a chapel in the first story which will accommodate 
four hundred persons, and apartments for the use of the Sun- 
day-schools. The ceiling of the main story is 44 feet above 
the floor, and is supported by fluted Composite pilasters raised 
on panelled pedestals 9 feet high. The sanctuary is 35 feet 
deep. There are three altars, the principal one being of Ital- 
ian marble. There is space enough in the main chamber of 
the church to accommodate two thousand people seated. 

This building belongs to the order of Redemptionists, who have 
schools and monastic buildings adjoining. The church was com- 
menced in 1843, and the interior completed in 1847. 

Annurtcsatlon, Tenth street below Dickinson. Building of 
brick. Steeple 200 feet high. The corner-stone was laid 
April 19, 1860 ; the building was finished in the fall of 1862, 
and dedicated April 19, 1863. 

St. Bonifacius, Diamond street, between Front and Second 
and Howard and Hancock, opposite Norris square. Church- 
building of brownstone in the Decorated Gothic style, mass- 
ive and striking in appearance. A splendid stone steeple and 



CHURCHES. 297 

spire rises from the front. The interior is fitted up in good 
style and is capacious. The situation is well chosen and gives 
opportunity for display of the elegance of the architecture. 

UNITARIAN. 

There are two churches of this denomination in Philadelphia. 

First, north-east corner of Tenth and Locust streets. A 
handsome building of brick, rough-cast, with marble front 
and Grecian-Doric portico of marble, 61 feet front by 83 deep. 

This society was formed by the celebrated Dr. Priestley shortly be- 
fore the beginning of the present century. The members met for 
many years in Chiirch alley. They purchased the lot upon which 
their church stands in 1813, and built a small house, which was en- 
larged to the size of the present building in 1829. For more than 
fifty years Rev. William H. Furness was pastor of this congregation, 
and has only recently retired. 

UNIVERSALIST. 

There are three Universalist churches in Philadelphia. 
First, Lombard street west of Fourth. A plain brick 
building. 

The Universalists take their rise in the city from the preaching of 
John Murray, who came from England in 1773, and had some follow- 
ers. Rev. Elhanan Winchester of the Baptist Church preached the 
doctrine of universal salvation in 1781 at the First Baptist church, 
in Second street. This proceeding caused great excitement and a 
withdrawal of a portion of the members, who adopted the title of the 
" Society of Universal Baptists." The congregation was formed 4th 
of January, 1782, in University Hall, North Fourth street. After- 
ward they met in Free Masons' lodge in Lodge alley. The ground 
in Lombard street was bought in 1793, and the building erected so as 
to be used during the same year, but was not completely finished 
u!itil many years afterward. 

iVIessiah, north-east corner of Locust and Juniper streets. 
Building of brick, rough-cast, in the collegiate Gothic style. 

This congregation was formed in the early part of 1850, and met 
for worship for some time in the Assembly Building, Tenth and 
Chestnut streets. The session-room of the church was opened for 
worship March, 1851, and dedicated November 19 of the same year. 
Rev, Henry Bacon pastor, 



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CHURCHES. 




CHURCH OF THK RESTORATION. 

Restoration, south side of Master street, between Sixteenth 
and Seventeenth. Building of brownstone. Dedicated April 
8, 1872. Is in a finely built portion of the city, and presents 
an attractive appearance. 



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Young Men's Christian Association Building. 



CHAPTEE XXIV. 

ASSOCIATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTS. 

Hall of Young Men's Christian Association, south-east cor- 
ner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Building of sandstone, 
72 feet in front by 230 feet in depth. Tower 153 feet high. 
Building four stories in height, and of bold and imposing 
architecture, a very conspicuous object. The interior is fitted 
up with rooms for devotional meetings, lectures, and reading- 
rooms, lyceum, library for reference and circulation and other 
purposes. 

This association was instituted June, 1854, and incorporated May, 
1857. It is composed of members of various Protestant denomina- 
tions who are associated for the improvement of the social, spiritual 
and mental development of young men. The rooms of the society 
are expected to be made sufficiently attractive to bring young men 
to them, especially such as have come from other portions of the 
country and have not the associations and influences of homes in 
the city. 

Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1334 and 1336 Chestnut 
street, near Broad. Buildings in front of New Hampshire 
granite, with columns of colored and polished Aberdeen gran- 
ite. Style of architecture Gothic. The building is four sto- 
ries in height, 44 feet front and 235 feet in depth to Sansom 
street. The entire first floor is occupied by the bookstore, a 
large, handsome and well-lighted assembly-room, and a library 
in the second story of the Sansom street front. There are 
committee-rooms, society-rooms, travellers' rooms, etc., etc. 
The house cost $130,000 without the furniture. 

The Presbyterian Board of Education (Old School branch) went 
into operation in the year 1838 on Sansom street. It was incorpor- 
ated February 14, 1837. A few years afterward it purchased a house 
on Chestnut street above Eighth, which was destroyed by fire, but 
rebuilt, the building being of sandstone. The Presbyterian Pubii- 

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300 ASSOCIATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTS. 

cation Committee (New School) was organized in 1852, and had its 
publication house on a portion of the present site. Upon the re- 
union of the Old and New School, in 1870, it was resolved to unite 
the two boards and provide a larger house. The result was the 
construction of the present large edifice in Chestnut street. It was 
finished in 1873. 

American Sunday-school Union, 1122 Chestnut street. Fine 
building of granite. Style Norman-Gothic, with carvings and 
ornamentation. It extends through to Sansom street. 

The society was instituted in May, 1824, among members of Pro- 
testant sects. It was a combination of several local associations, the 
objects of which were the establishment of Sunday-schools in desti- 
tute parts of the country, supplying them with needful books and 
aiding in the improvement of Sunday-schools generally. This soci- 
ety does not establish Sunday-schools, but encourages and assists 
such schools wherever formed. For such purpose the Sunday-school 
library is an efficient assistant; and from an early period the atten- 
tion of the members was turned to the publication of books suitable 
for use in Sunday-school libraries. Hundreds of thousands of vol- 
umes have been printed and circulated by this association. In 1845 
it was incorporated. 

Baptist Publication House, south side of Chestnut street, 
between Broad and Fifteenth streets. Building of white 
marble, 46 feet front by 230 deep, extending to Sansom street. 
Front four stories on Chestnut street, surmounted by a Man- 
sard covered with slate, and having ornamental dormer win- 
dows. The design of the edifice has an air of simple, quiet 
elegance. The door- and window-openings are all arched, 
and they are supported on round detached columns placed 
either singly or in pairs. The arches are deeply recessed, and 
the columns in front produce a very effective contrast in 
light and shade. The first story is devoted to the purposes of 
a book store, wholesale and retail. In the second story is the 
assembly-room, to be used for convocations of ministers and 
other purposes. It is 35 feet in length by 68 in depth, the 
ceiling, 16 feet high, divided into panels by moulded beams 
and frescoes. Oflaces, storage- and working-rooms occupy the 
rest of the building. An elevator in the Chestnut street front 
carries passengers to the upper floors. . - 



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The principal object of the American Snnday-School 
Union is to establish Sunday-schools, and to aid such 
schools wherever formed. 



ASSOCIATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTS. 301 

Lutheran Publication Association, incorporated 1862, 117 
North Sixth street. 

Lutheran Publication Society, 42 North Ninth street. 

Friends' Book Association (Hicksite), incorporated 1873, 
706 Arch street. 

Book Association of Friends (Orthodox), 109 North Tenth 
street. 

Reformed Church Publication Board, 907 Arch street. 

Pennsylvania Bible Society, instituted 1808, incorporated 
January 10, 1810. Occupies brick building at the north-west 
corner of Seventh and Walnut streets, which is also occupied by 
the Philadelphia Bible Society and the Female Bible Society. 

This is the first association founded in America for the purpose 
of diffusing the Scriptures among mankind at large. It was insti- 
tuted in 1808, incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 
January 10, 1810, as the " Bible Society of Philadelphia." By sup- 
plementary act, March 7, 1840, its title was changed to the Penn- 
sylvania Bible Society. The sole design of the association is "to 
publish and circulate the Holy Scriptures without note or comment." 
The copies are in English, German and other languages. The 
society circulates gratuitously and by sale from 75,000 to 100,000 
copies yearly. Since its institution the society has distributed about 
three millions of copies of the Bible. 

Bible Association of Friends in America, 116 North Fourth 

street. 

TRACT SOCIETIES. 

These institutions are devoted to the publication and dis- 
tribution of tracts and small pamphlets of a religious charac- 
ter. These are as follows : American Tract Society, of&ce 
1408 Chestnut street ; Conference Tract Society (Methodist), 
1018 Arch street; Episcopal Female Tract Society, 1316 
Chestnut street ; Philadelphia Tract and Mission Society, 1224 
Chestnut street; Tract Association of Friends, 304 Arch 
street. 

CLERGYMEN'S ANNUITY AND AID FUNDS. 

The means of support of clergymen are so limited, and 
the opportunities which most of them have of leaving their 



302 ASSOCIATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTS. 

families comfortable are so few, that some methods of assur- 
ing such relief were considered requisite at an early time. 
The first to recognize this necessity were the Presbyterians. 

Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyte- 
rian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Chil- 
dren of Presbyterian Ministers. Office, 1334 Chestnut street. 

This is the earliest association of that character formed in Amer- 
ica, and is considered one of the oldest annuity companies in the 
world. It originated May 24, 1754, in the Synod of Philadelphia, on 
motion of Eev. Francis Allison, in the shape of a fund for the support 
of ministers' widows. The members paid £2 or £3 annually, and it 
was agreed that in consideration of £2 payment the widows or chil- 
dren of deceased members should receive an annuity of £5, and for a 
£3 subscription £7 10s. annually. The fund was managed by Presby- 
terian ministers until the charter for the corporation was granted by 
the Penns in May, 1760, when the amount in hand was £200 and £361 
raised before the fund was projected. 

Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergy- 
men in the Communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Office, 708 Walnut street. 

This association was instituted by ministers of the Church of Eng- 
land, among whom were Rev. Drs. Auchmuty and Cooper of New 
York, Cooke and Odell of New Jersey, and Peters and Smith of 
Pennsylvania. Charters for this association were granted by Gover- 
nor John Penn, February 7, 1769, by Governor Franklin of New Jer- 
sey in May, and by Lieutenant-governor Colden of New York on the 
29th of September, of the same year. In the three colonies the cor- 
poration was united. Rev. Richard Peters of Philadelphia was the 
first president. The first meeting was in Burlington, N. J., in Octo- 
ber, 1769. It was attended by many eminent persons. The funds 
were raised by donations and contributions. The plan was so suc- 
cessful that in October, 1774, the united fund was £2572 105. lOd., of 
which Pennsylvania's share was £1411 105. 6d. In 1814 a division 
was made of the original corporation into three corporations, one for 
each State. New rules were adopted in reference to benefits and the 
management of the society. It now grants annuities, endowments 
and makes investments of savings for the benefit of clergymen. The 
fund is large, and the society has accomplished a great deal of good. 

Preachers' Aid Society (M. E. Church). Office, 1018 Arch 
street. For the assistance of ministers of that persuasion. 



CHAPTER XXY. 

CEMETERIES. 

ACCORDING to European custom, the churches and 
meeting-houses first established in the United States 
were mostly placed in enclosures, which were devoted to the 
purposes of burying-grounds. The practice arose with the 
Roman Catholic Church; and the ground consecrated with 
the ceremonies of the Church for purposes of sepulture was 
considered blessed. It may be noted that in Philadelphia 
the Society of Friends from the earliest period did not have 
their burying-grounds attached to or near their meeting- 
houses. The lot at Fourth and Arch streets used by that 
sect for a burying-ground did not have a meeting-house built 
upon it for more than a century after it was used for burial 
purposes, and at that time interments had nearly ceased 
in the enclosure. The first churches of the Presbyterians, 
Baptists, Lutherans, German Reformed and of the Church of 
England had graveyards attached. In time lots for the same 
purposes were obtained in other places, but until within fifty 
years a burying-ground was considered a necessary possession 
by every religious congregation. 

The first movement made in Philadelphia for the estab- 
lishment of a cemetery not under clerical control took 
place in the year 1825 by the Mutual Association, which pur- 
chased a lot of ground on the south side of Prime street, now 
called Washington avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets. 
The property was divided into small burial lots, which were ap- 
portioned among the members. The ground was laid out very 
plainly, without attempt at decoration. Between the years 1825 
and 1827 five other companies were established on the associa- 
tion principle — ^the Machpelah, occupying a lot on the north 

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304 CEMETERIES. 

side of Washington avenue, from Tenth to Eleventh street ; the 
Philanthropic, Passyunk avenue, below Cross street; the Phil- 
adelphia, Passyunk avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty- 
second streets ; the Union, South Sixth street, extending from 
Washington avenue to Federal street; and the Lafayette, 
from Ninth to Tenth and from Federal to Wharton streets. 
These grounds are yet maintained and kept in excellent order. 
The success of these efforts induced James Ronaldson, type- 
founder, to undertake the establishment of a cemetery in 1827 
which was to be more ornate in character and appearance, in 
style of laying out and in the tombstones and monuments 
than had yet been attempted. 

It seems strange at the present time to note the fact, but it 
is true, that when Mr. Ronaldson proposed his plan, about 
1826-7, there was considerable opposition to it on the part of 
the religious community, and it was alleged that his effort 
was a design to advance infidelity by the encouragement of 
burials in unconsecrated grounds. Mr. Ronaldson, however, 
argued that, according to his plan, the sanctity of the grave 
would be maintained, and that ground disposed of for burial 
purposes would be free from seizure and resale for the same 
purposes, and the mouldering dust of the original occupants 
dug up and scattered, as had frequently been the case in 
churchyard burying-grounds. The community sustained 
Mr. Ronaldson ; and the cemetery, being laid out with taste 
and handsomely decorated with trees, shrubbery and flowers, 
was a means of calling attention to the necessity of a change 
in cemetery customs. Since that time there have been few 
churchyards established in Philadelphia. Scarcely any of 
the churches since erected have burial-grounds of their own. 
Members use for interment the advantages of the various 
cemetery enclosures. 

Ronaldson's Cemetery, situate on Tenth, Bainbridge and 
Fitzwater. It contains handsome monuments and tomb- 
stones, and although little used for burial purposes of late 
years is kept in good order and is as attractive in appearance 
as it is possible in a ground dedicated to solemn purposes. 



CEMETERIES. 305 

Laurel Hill Cemetery, situate on the east bank of the Schuyl- 
kill Eiver, bounded on the west by Eidge avenue, and extend- 
ing from Huntingdon street to Alleghany avenue. Access by 
Eidge avenue cars and by steamboat on the Schuylkill. 

The cemetery is divided into tliree portions — North, Cen- 
tral and South Laurel Hill. ' The various sections were bought 
at different times. The northernmost portion is the original 
ground. It was purchased February, 1836, and the first inter- 
ment took place the 19th of October of that year. The roman- 
tic character of the scenery in the neighborhood of the Laurel 
Hill estate, which belonged to an old-time mansion, com- 
mended the project to general approval, and the number of 
shareholders increased rapidly. It has been a favorite place 
for the interment of persons of wealth and taste, and their 
families in remembrance have seemed to outvie each other in 
the erection of chaste and costly monuments. Some of these 
memorials are very elaborate and designed in exquisite taste. 
The grounds are crowded with cenotaphs and funereal struc- 
tures, so that the stranger may wander here for hours and 
continually meet with something new and interesting. 

The entrance to North Laurel Hill is of brownstone, in the 
Doric style of architecture, 216 feet front, which masks the 
houses of superintendents and others. Immediately in front 
of the main entrance, and under an ornamental Gothic lodge, 
are the celebrated statues of Old Mortality and his pony and 
of Sir Walter Scott, of life size, cut in brownstone by Thom, 
a self-taught Scotch artist. These figures are fine specimens 
of art, life-like and interesting. They attract admiration by 
their appropriate character and appearance. North of the 
main entrance and east of the main carriage-way is a monu- 
ment to Thomas Godfrey, the inventor of the mariners' quad- 
rant, and near by is another, to the memory of John Fitch, 
the inventor of the steamboat. 

St. John's Lutheran burying-ground occupies the north- 
east corner of the ground. John Kennedy, judge of the 
Supreme Court, is buried near the northern wall and west of 
the Lutheran ground. A fine and chaste monument to Ezra 
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306 CEMETERIES. 

Holden, for many years editor of the Saturday Courier, is far- 
ther west. Beyond that, yet farther west, is a fine monument 
to the volunteer nurses who went from Philadelphia to Nor- 
folk during the prevalence of the yellow fever in that city 
some years ago, and died in the discharge of their duties. 
Jacob Ridgway, next to Girard,' Philadelphia's most noted 
millionaire, reposes in an altar-tomb farther on. South of it 
is the Drayton monument, of fine marble, with handsome basso 
relievo of the arms of South Carolina. Commodore Alexander 
Murray, of the United States navy, is buried near the centre, 
and Commodore Isaac Hull is commemorated by an altar- 
tomb in the Roman style, rich and chaste, in the same 
neighborhood. Thomas McKean, a signer of the Declaration 
of Independence, president of Congress, chief-justice and 
governor of Pennsylvania, rests beneath a plain altar-tomb. 
The monument to General Hugh Mercer, of the Revolution, 
is near the chapel and south of it. It is in the Roman style, 
and was erected by the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia 
upon the removal of Mercer's remains from Christ church. 
The altar-tomb of Mary Barton Cook, near this, is rich with 
basso relievos and other carvings, and is considered one of the 
finest tombs in the grounds. The monument of Ferdinand 
Rudolph Hassler, formerly of the United States Coast Survey 
—a massive block of rough marble— is placed near the river, 
surmounted by a chastely-designed pedestal and urn. The 
Coleman monuments, near by, are in the Grecian style and 
very elegant. Upon the terrace walks, near the shore, will be 
found a monument to the memory of Charles Thomson, the 
confidential secretary of the Continental Congress. It is a 
plain obelisk of granite. Commodore Stephen Decatur Lava- 
lette is interred not far from here, the monument being carved 
with naval emblems. Upon a rough block of marble is a lyre, 
urn and tablet to the memory of Joseph C. Neal, the original 
humorist. Joseph S. Lewis is remembered by a magnificent 
altar-tomb, south of the chapel, upon which is a fine basso re- 
lievo view of the Fairmount Water- works, in the establishment 
of which he had an official share. Monuments to William 



308 CEMETERIES. 

Young Burch and Julius R. Friedlander are near the southern 
portion of the cemetery, east of the centre. They were 
erected by their associates of the Pennsylvania Institute for 
Instruction of the Blind. The daughters of John A. Brown 
are commemorated, in the south-east portion of the ground, 
by a large decorated ( lothic monument, temple shaped and 
ornamented with rich carvings. The Evans monument, chaste 
and beautiful in appearance, an altar-tomb, is near the centre 
of the ground, and not far from the monument to the memory 
of Frederick Graff, originator and designer of the Fairmount 
water-works. A monument to the memory of General An- 
drew M. Prevost, erected by Union Lodge, A. Y. M., is not 
far from this, and near by are the tombs of Walter Colton and 
of Major Levi Twiggs, U. S. A., killed at the storming of 
Chapultepec in Mexico, and of his son, George Decatur 
Twiggs, killed during the same war at National Bridge, near 
Vera Cruz. A winding path down the hill leads to a tomb 
cut out of the solid rock, the entrance to which is by a mas- 
sive Egyptian granite doorway. Above it trees are growing 
on the surface soil. This is the rock-tomb of the Kane fam- 
ily. Within are mouldering the remains of Elisha Kent Kane, 
the celebrated Arctic explorer, and of his father, John Kin- 
tzing Kane, eminent as a lawyer, and for many years judge 
of the United States District Court. On the brow of the hill 
a statue monument in white marble represents a woman clasp- 
ing two babes in her arms. It is a portrait group of the wife 
and children of Henry Demchowski Saunders, a Polish sculp- 
tor, who at one blow lost his whole family, and has thus com- 
memorated his grief. Charles Ellet, architect and engineer, 
constructor of the wire suspension-bridge at Fairmount, the 
first bridge of that character in the country, lies not far from 
this. He was famous during the war of the Rebellion as the 
original constructor of the steam-ram fleet upon the Missis- 
sippi. Two sons served with him ; one of them died while on 
duty with the Mississippi fleet; the other afterward became 
a brigadier-general. Near by is a very handsome family vault 
standing above ground. It is of marble, and the property of 



310 CEMETERIES. 

L. A. Godey. Matthias W. Baldwin, well known as one of the 
first builders and improvers of the locomotiye engine, and subse- 
quently an extensive manufacturer of those machines, is buried 
not far from this. There are numerous other monuments, some 
of them exceedingly grand, in this portion of the ground. 

Central Laurel Hill seems to be dedicated to monuments 
of the largest and most imposing character. Here are to be 
found several bronze statues^ effigies of the persons who 
moulder below. 

In South Laurel Hill the altar-tomb erected to the mem- 
ory of Sarah Ann Harrison, and the Townsend monument, 
elaborate ornamented Gothic^ and the Hayes monument, 
are worthy of examination. 

West Laurel Hill, situate on the west bank of the Schuylkill, 
at Pencoyd station, on the Philadelphia and Eeading Eail- 
road, is under the same control as Laurel Hill Cemetery, and 
is but newly established. It occupies 110 acres. The com- 
pany which has charge of it was formed in 1869. It occupies 
a romantic position just outside of the city limits, but opposite 
the lower part of Manayunk. There are some handsome 
monuments in this ground, among which may be mentioned 
the cenotaph which has been erected to the memory of Rob- 
ert C. Grier, formerly judge of the United States District 
Court. Tickets of admission can be procured at Philadelphia 
Library and at Brown's drag store, north-east corner of Fifth 
and Chestnut streets. 

Monument Cemetery, west side of Broad street, between 
Montgomery avenue and Diamond street, extending west 
nearly to Seventeenth street. It was established in 1836-7 
under the influence of Dr. John A. Elkinton, who gave it 
the name of Pere La Chaise, which was subsequently altered, 
with better taste, to the present name, which was chosen in 
consequence of the determination of the managers to erect 
in the centre of the ground a monument to the memory of 
Washington and Lafayette. This design was not carried out 
for more than thirty years. The monument was dedicated 
May 29, 1869. It rises from a platform of thirteen steps, 



CEMETERIES. 311 

irpon which is a fluted pedestal and an obelisk shaft, which is 
over 67 feet high. Upon tablets of bronze on the sides of the 
shaft are inscriptions to the memory of Washington and 
Lafayette. The entrance to the cemetery is through an arched 
gateway in the centre of a brownstone and brick building 
arranged for chapel purposes, and surmounted by a spire in 
the centre. One of the finest monuments in this enclosure is 
erected to the memory of William Delamater Caldwell. It is 
lo%, and towers conspicuously among the memorials in the 
ground. The cutting of streets through a portion of this 
cemetery, although they invade no burial-lot, has already sep- 
arated one portion of it from the other, and will eventually 
divide it into blocks bounded by highways. 

Mount Vernon, situate on the east side of Eidge avenue, at 
the intersection of Nicetown Lane, and immediately opposite 
Laurel Hill Cemetery. Entrance building of white marble, 
lofty and imposing. The ground is laid out with much taste 
and beautifully decorated. There are many handsome mon- 
uments. The most elegant of these is the Gardel monument, 
unique in design, decorated with statues of life size, and prob- 
ably one of the finest monuments in the country. 

Access to the cemetery by Eidge avenue cars. 

Glenwood, north-east corner of Eidge avenue and Islington 
lane, contains twenty-one acres. Entrance of brick. Within 
the ground is the fine monument of the Scott Legion, formed 
among the surviving soldiers of the war with Mexico after their 
return to the United States. Access by Eidge avenue cars. 

Woodlands, Darby Eoad west of the university, extends to 
the river Schuylkill, and occupies a space of eighty acres. 
The grounds originally belonged to William Hamilton, whose 
mansion, known as the Woodlands and still standing, gives the 
name to the enclosure. The natural character of the ground 
is undulating. A stream runs through a portion of it, and 
there are grand forest trees still growing. The front is of stone 
in the Grecian style, and richly ornamented. There are fine 
monuments, among which are particularly to be noted the 
Drexel mausoleum, a magnificent building in the Grecian 



312 CEMETERIES. 

style, and the largest tomb structure yet erected in any ceme- 
tery in the city. Not far from here is the tomb of Lieutenant 
John T. Greble, an officer of the United States army, one of 
the first victims of the late war, who was killed at the battle 
of Great Bethel, Va. It is designed in exquisite taste. There 
are also in this cemetery monuments and tombs of Admiral 
Charles Stewart, Commodore David Porter, Major-general 
Birney and Courtland Saunders, a young officer who died 
during the late civil war. The monuments of William H. 
Moore, of Gothic style, and Dr. David Jayne, attract atten- 
tion. General Eufus Welsh, manager of a menagerie and 
circus well known throughout the United States, is commem- 
orated by a monument of marble erected by his friends. 

Access by Chestnut and Walnut street cars (Darby branch). 

Mount Moriah stands north-east of and at a short distance 
from Darby Road, between Sixty -first and Sixty-fourth streets. 
The cars of the Darby line run directly to the cemetery gate. 
The entrance is of brown stone, surmounted by a statue of 
Time with his scythe and hour-glass. It was finished about 
the beginning of July, 1855. The enclosure is large, and ex- 
tends to a branch of Cobb's Creek, which it crosses. The mon- 
uments and tombstones are chaste and handsome, but not 
generally of a very expensive character. The finest in the 
enclosure are those of R. P. King, J. H. Jones, and those 
erected by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, A Y. M., to 
the memory of William B. Schneider, formerly Grand Tyler, 
and by members of Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons to 
the memory of their companions. 

Old Oaks, Township Line road and Venango street, is 
handsomely situate upon grounds on which are growing 
numerous large forest trees. The cemetery is of recent estab- 
lishment, handsomely laid out, and contains some fine mon- 
uments. In this enclosure the volunteer firemen of Philadel- 
phia have erected a handsome monument to the memory of 
David M. Lyle, formerly chief engineer of the Fire Depart- 
ment. It is surmounted by an elegant statue of that gentle- 
man, in marble. 



CEMETERIES. 313 

Odd Fellows', Islington lane, north-east of Ridge avenue ; 
lies adjacent to Glenwood, and contains about thirty-two 
acres. It was opened for interment on the 5th of May, 1849. 
The entrance buildings are of brownstone, in the Egyptian 
style, surmounted by a tower eighty-one feet high. The mon- 
uments and tombs are plain and appropriate, but not exceed- 
ingly elaborate. There is a statue of Benjamin Franklin in 
marble, of life size, upon the monument belonging to Frank- 
lin Lodge, and a marble statue of a fireman, life size, upon 
a monument erected on a lot belonging to a fire company. 

Mechanics' Cemetery adjoins Odd Fellows' on the east, but 
does not occupy so large a space. 

Mount Peace Cemetery (Odd Fellows), Mcetown lane, near 
Ridge avenue, adjoins Mount Vernon, and belongs to the 
Order of Odd Fellows, being an addition in cemetery accom- 
modations to the ground on Islington lane. In this enclo- 
sure is a fine monument to the memory of William Curtis, 
for many years secretary of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. 

Greenwood (Knights of Pythias), Adams street, near 
Friends' Asylum for the Insane, Frankford, is under control 
of the members of the Order. 

Cedar Hill Cemetery is on Main street above Paul, Frank- 
ford, and is a small enclosure. The cemetery company owns 
a much finer property at North Cedar Hill. It is of triangu- 
lar shape, and situate at the intersections of the Bristol and 
Smithfield turnpike, Bristol road and Dark Run lane. The 
ground is handsomely laid out and appropriately ornamented. 
A soldiers' monument at the old cemetery, which is tasteful 
and appropriate in appearance, commemorates the names of 
citizens of Frankford and the neighborhood who entered the 
service of the Union and fell upon the field of battle or died 
in hospital or elsewhere from wounds received. 

Leverington Cemetery, Ridge Road, Roxborough, is neatly 
laid out. There is here a monument to the memory of Amer- 
ican troopers massacred during the Revolution at Wood's 
barn, near by. 

Fairhill, Germantown, above Cambria, belongs to members 



314 CEMETERIES. 

of the Society of Friends (Hicksite). Under late regulations 
the graves of members are allowed to be designated by low 
head-stones of plain character without decoration and bear- 
ing the name and date of death of the person who sleeps 
below. 

Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Lancaster avenue, between 
Forty-eighth and Fifty-first streets. Occupies a large tract 
of ground, which was consecrated about the year 1849. The 
church of Our Mother of Sorrows, in the eastern portion of 
the enclosure, is used as a chapel when necessary. 

New Cathedral (Roman Catholic), corner of Second street 
and Nicetown lane, has been lately opened. 

Mount Sinai (Jewish), Bridesburg, under the control of 
members of that persuasion. The entrance occupies a space 
of 146 feet, and was finished in 1854. 

Beth El Emeth, at the corner of Fisher's avenue and Mar- 
ket street, West Philadelphia, is a new cemetery belonging to 
the Jewish persuasion. 

There is also a Hebrew cemetery at Market and Fifty -fifth streets, 
and another cemetery is in the lower part of the city. The oldest 
burial-ground of this persuasion is situate upon Spruce street be- 
tween Eighth and Ninth, on the north side, and was the only burying- 
ground used by the Jews for nearly a century. It was granted by 
one of the Penns to Nathan Levy, as a burying-ground for himself 
and his family, as early as 1738. Afterward it became the property 
of the congregation Mikve Israel. Burials in this ground have 
ceased. 

There are various other cemeteries in other parts of the city 
used by religious sects and for general burial purposes which 
do not need particular description. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 
PLACES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST. 

THE TREATY GROUND. 

ACCORDING to a tradition which was long considered to 
be of undoubted verity, William Penn, after he arrived 
in Pennsylvania, assembled the Indians by their head chiefs, 
and made with them a treaty of peace and friendship which, 
it is assumed, was never broken, although the Penn family 
during the last century authorized w^ar against the Indians 
of the interior of Pennsylvania by actual proclamation. Ac- 
cording to the tradition, the great treaty was negotiated at 
Shackamaxon, nearly in front of the house of Thomas Fair- 
man, an English surveyor, who was settled there before the 
cession of the province to Penn. There is not a line of con- 
temporary evidence to show that such a treaty was ever made. 
No reference is made to it in any letter, statement or docu- 
ment emanating from Penn, or from any resident of Pennsyl- 
vania, or from any person living in 1682, the time when the 
treaty is said to have been made, and historical scholars of 
learning and research have expressed their disbelief of the 
occurrence of any such amicable conference. There are rec- 
ords of treaties with the Indians for purchase of lands, and 
the names of the places where they negotiated are given. 
But there is nothing to show that a treaty of friendship and 
amity only was ever made. Nevertheless, poets, painters, 
philosophers and historians have accepted the story of the 
great treaty. West made it famous by his painting, and 
many believe in its truth. A great elm tree was said to have 
marked the spot where the treaty was held. During the 
British occupation of the city General Simcoe, regarding the 

315 



316 THE treatV ground and monument. 

legend, placed a military guard near the great elm tree to 
prevent its being injured. The tree was blown down in the 
year 1811. In the year 1827 an association called the Penn 
Society, accepting the legend of the treaty, erected a small 
monument upon or very near the site of the elm tree to 
commemorate the supposed event. This memorial is now 




The Treaty Monument. 
in a small enclosure surrounded by a wooden fence on the 
east side of Beach street, north of Hanover or Columbia 
street. 

Access to the monument and treaty ground may be had by 
Second and Third Streets (Richmond) line (red cars). Going 
south down Richmond street, get out at Hanover or Columbia 
street, and a short walk eastward will bring you to the mon- 
ument; coming north, same cars turn at Laurel and Beach 
streets. The monument is about two squares and a half 
northward on Beach street. 



GERMANTOWN BATTLE-GROUND. 317 

GERMANTOWN BATTLE-GROUND. 
At the time of the attack upon the British army at Ger- 
mantown, October 4, 1777, the British army lay across the 
village nearly at right angles with it from the Limekiln road 
on the east at Church lane, along the latter to the lane which 
is now called Germantown avenue, and extending west of 
that road or avenue along Schoolhouse lane to the Falls of 
Schuylkill. Upon the main street of Germantown there were 
some troops. The right wing was commanded by Major- 
General Grant and Brigadier Matthews, and was east of the 
Germantown road. The Queen's American Kangers occupied 
the extreme .point of the right wing on the south side of the 
intersection of the old York road and a short road which ran 
across to the Limekiln road or Church lane. At the inter- 
section of the Limekiln road and the cross road was the first 
battalion of light infantry. Major-General Grant with the 
guards was south of Schoolhouse lane, and still farther south, 
at a little distance above Stenton and east of it, were six bat- 
talions of guards and dragoons. The left wing lay west of the 
main road and south of Schoolhouse lane, except chasseurs 
and Hessians, who lay north of Schoolhouse lane and west 
of the Wissahickon or Eidge road, extending their lines up 
to the Wissahickon and Van Deering's mills, which were at 
the mouth of that creek and the Schuylkill river. Upon 
the main street of Germantown or the Skippack road there 
was an advance post of British infantry below Mount Airy, 
on the east side of the road. The Fortieth regiment lay on 
the west side of the road, opposite Chew's house. There 
seem to have been no other British troops between Chew's 
house and the main body on Schoolhouse lane and Church 
lane. , 

Washington's plan of attack was by four columns. Small- 
wood and Forman, with the Maryland and New Jersey mili- 
tia, were to march down a road leading into the old York 
road, and attack the queen's rangers. Green, and Stephens' 
and McDougall's brigades, were to march down the Lime- 
kiln road until they reached Picke's or Bickham's lane, the 



318 GERMANTOWN BATTLE-GROUND. 

eighth lane then open north of Church lane, which they were 
to follow until they came to Germantown at the market-place, 
where they were to turn south and attack the right wing by 
the main road. Wayne, Sullivan and Conway were to march 
down the main road, and attacking the outposts at Mount 
Airy and opposite Chew's house join Green and Stephens at 
the market-house and add to the weight of the attack on the 
enemy's centre. Upon the extreme left, on the Eidge road, 
General Armstrong with the militia was ordered to march 
down and attack the Hessians and chasseurs at Van Deer- 
ing's mills, occupy their attention and prevent them from re- 
inforcing the main body at Germantown. General Potter 
was also ordered to make an attack on the city of Philadel- 
phia from the west side of the Schuylkill, so as to keep the 
grenadiers at work and prevent them from reinforcing the 
army at Germantown. The plan was well devised, but failure 
upon the part of the various columns in concentrating at the 
time intended, to which the foggy condition of the weather 
contributed greatly, rendered the movement a failure. The 
fighting was most lively at Allen's house. Mount Airy, and 
down the Skippack road, and west of it to Chew's house, where 
the contest was severe. At the intersection of the Limekiln 
road with Church lane Green fought the queen's American 
rangers and the light infantry and guards, and drove them. 
There was fighting on the main street about the market-house. 
Armstrong on the north side of the Wissahickon cannonaded 
the redoubt of the chasseurs and Hessians at a safe distance, 
but did not attempt to take it by assault. Colonel Matthews 
of the Ninth Virginia regiment sustained the weight of the 
British assault. In consequence of the mistakes and failures 
of the day, the British army had rallied near the market- 
place. Matthews fought bravely, but three-fourths of his 
men finally surrendered. General James Agnew and Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Bird of the British army, killed at German- 
town, were buried in the South burying-ground at that place, 
and a marble slab is over their remains. General Thomas 
Nash of North Carolina, mortally wounded in that battle. 



GERMANTOVVN RED BANK. 319 

was carried off the field, and after his death was buried in 
the Monument burying-ground at Kulpsville, Montgomery' 
county, about twenty miles above Germantown. The graves 
of Major Irvine and Captain Turner of North Carolina, with 
some soldiers slain in the battle, are in the North German- 
town burying-ground. 

Germantown is accessible by railroad from depot at Ninth 
and Green streets and by railway cars (Fourth and Eighth 
Streets line) going north on Eighth street. 

THE BATTLE-GROUND AT RED BANK. 

The entrenchments at Eed Bank, N. J., are at a short dis- 
tance below Eagle Point, and directly opposite to and south 
of the U. S. Navy Yard at League Island. They were large 
and broad, and a growth of pine trees has so preserved the 
embankments that the shape of the works can be plainly 
made out. Within the outworks near the northern end of 
the fort stands a monument of marble, which was originally 
erected by volunteers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey to 
commemorate the events which had occurred in that vicinity. 
This monument has been very much abused and battered 
by Vandal hands. South of the outworks was the main fort, 
and still farther south, near the bank of the Delaware River, 
are the graves of the soldiers who died in the fort, as well as 
of three hundred Hessians who were slain in the attack in 
1777. The remains of Count Donop were south of the sol- 
diers' graves. A rude sandstone marks the resting-place of 
the unfortunate officer. It is much dilapidated, and the 
inscription originally upon it — "Here lies buried Count 
Donop" — is obliterated. The bones of Count Donop were 
dug up long ago, and his skull lately formed an ornament 
of an anatomical cabinet belonging to a physician of South 
Jersey. 

Red Bank may be reached by conveyance from Gloucester 
Point, N. J. Ferry to the latter by steamboat from South 
street wharf. 



320 FORT MIFFLIN. 



FORT MIFFLIN. 

Fort Mifflin, on the western side of the Delaware, occupies 
the position of Mud Fort during the Revolution. The Fed- 
eral government has constructed this fortification according 
to the best plans of modern engineering. Nothing remains 
as mementoes of the Revolutionary period except the soil and 
the geographical peculiarities of the neighborhood, which are 
but little changed. 

This fort is occupied at present by United States troops, 
and visitors must obtain leave to visit it from the command- 
ing officers. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

BUILDINGS OF A PUBLIC CHARACTER OF HISTORIC 

NOTE. 

PENN MANSION, LETITIA COURT. 

AS an unnsual fact in municipal history, tlie oldest house 
in Philadelphia is the first house which was built in the 
city. This ancient dwelling was built by order of William 
Penn, sent out before he came to Pennsylvania, to be ready 
for his use and occupation when he should arrive. Gabriel 
Thomas, in his account of Pennsylvania, written about the 
year 1696, says that he saw " the first cellar dug in Philadel- 
phia, which was for the governor's house." The property was 
intended to be the portion of Letitia, the daughter of Penn, 
and was conveyed to her finally. The enclosure of the gov- 
ernor's house was ample for a dwelling in the city, being 
bounded by Market, Front and Second streets. The main 
entrance and gate was upon Second street, and a lane led 
along the north side of the house to its front, which faced the 
Delaware, the view of which at that time was unobstructed. 
In this house Penn resided during his visit in 1682-3. After 
he left, William Markham, his lieutenant-governor, and his 
successors, occupied it as an ofiice for the executive depart- 
ments of the provincial government. Here, no doubt, the 
governor's councils frequently assembled, with members of 
the assembly and the leading men of the colony and city. 
The lot was sold about the year 1701, being then the property 
of Letitia, who had married William Aubrey, merchant of 
London, and the ownership was divided among various per- 
sons. A court or alley called Letitia court was laid out, ex- 
tending from Market street southward to an alley running 
east and west from Front street to Second street and called 
Black Horse alley. Letitia court has since been opened 
through to Chestnut street. The house of William Penn 

V 321 



322 PENN MANSION — CARPENTEES' HALL. 

is on the west side of this street, not far from Market street, at 
the south corner of a court which leads toward Second street, 
but does not open into it. This court is all that remains of 
the ancient passage-way leading from the governor's gate on 
Second street. The mansion itself has fallen from its high 
estate. It has been for many years occupied as a tavern, 
and the lower portion of the front has been much altered to 
suit the necessities of that business. The upper portion of the 
front, with the eaves and dormers, the northern walls and 
eaves, with the back buildings, which can be seen from the 
court, betray no evidences of modern alteration, and the style 
of the architecture is quaint and peculiar. 

The following railways run near the Letitia house : Market 
street going east and west, Chestnut and Walnut streets going 
east on Chestnut street, Second street going south. 

CARPENTERS' HALL. 
At the head of a court running south from Chestnut street, 
between Third and Fourth streets, the person who passes 
along the main thoroughfare will observe an old-fashioned 
building which may attract his temporary attention. It has a 
plain brick front, with steps and a substantial doorway in the 
old style, with pediment and a little cupola. This is Carpen- 
ters' Hall, and within the walls of that building assembled 
the First Continental Congress on the 5th of September, 1774. 
To this body were sent the most eminent men from the various 
colonies. Washington, Patrick' Henry, Eichard Henry Lee 
and Peyton Randolph were among the representatives of Vir- 
ginia. The two Adamses were in the Massachusetts delega- 
tion, Mifflin, Ross and Dickinson were there with others from 
Pennsylvania, and the other colonies were strongly repre- 
sented. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was president, and 
Charles Thomson secretary. From the deliberations and res- 
olutions of the Congress thus assembled, and in consequence 
of the measures instituted by them, the national government 
came into existence, and from the first moment when war with 
Great Britain became inevitable there was a united govern- 



carpenters' hall. 



323 



ment to take charge of the interests of all the colonies and to 
conduct them with unity of purpose to the great ends neces- 
sary. This hall was built by the Carpenters' Company, es- 
tablished in 1724, a guild of carpenters and architects, for the 
accommodation of its members. It was commenced Febru- 
ary 5, 1770, and sufficiently completed for use by the 31st of 




CAKPENTEKS' HALIi. 

January the next year. But the entire building, according to 
the original plan, including the architectural decorations, was 
not finished until 1792. After the session of the First Con- 
gress, Carpenters' Hall was occupied during the Eevolution 
by various bodies representing the province of Pennsylvania, 
among them the provincial convention of 1775 and the com- 
mittees of safety. The Philadelphia Library occupied the 
upper story of Carpenters' Hall from some time in 1775 dur- 
ing the entire Revolution an^ until the beginning of the year 



324 carpenters' hall — independence house. 

1791. During the Revolution the library-room in the second 
story was used as a hospital for sick American soldiers. The 
first Bank of the United States occupied the hall from Sep- 
tember, 1791, until August 15, 1797. The Land-office of the 
United States succeeded, and after six months the Bank of 
Pennsylvania had possession of the building until the new 
banking-house, on Second street above Walnut street, was 
finished. For some years afterward various tenants occupied 
the building. Some years ago the members of the Carpen- 
ters' Company, recognizing the trust which they held by vir- 
tue of the associations connected with their building, resolved 
to restore it to its ancient appearance and to use it entirely 
for the purposes of the association. Under this policy the 
great hall has been restored to the appearance which it had in 
1774, and all mementoes and architectural peculiarities of the 
olden time have been preserved, repaired and renewed. 

Access by railway cars : Chestnut street going east. Fourth 
street going south, Third street going north. Walnut going 
west, and Market east and west, run near the old hall. 

THE HOUSE WHERE THE DECLARATION OF INDE- 
PENDENCE WAS WRITTEN. 

The committee appointed by the Continental Congress 
June 7, 1776, to consider Richard Henry Lee's resolution in 
favor of independence and to prepare a declaration of the 
reasons in favor of that measure, if they should approve of it, 
appointed Thomas Jefierson to draft the document. At that 
time he occupied lodgings at the house of Jacob Graff*, Jr., 
bricklayer, which was situated at the south-west corner of Sev- 
enth and Market streets. He had the whole second floor for 
his use, occupying the front room facing on Market street as a 
parlor and the back room as a bedroom. His meals were 
generally procured at the City Tavern, in Second street near 
Walnut street. The situation of the house is confirmed in 
Jefferson's letter to Dr. James Mease of Philadelphia, Septem- 
ber 16, 1825, in which, in reply to an inquiry where the Decla- 
ration of Independence was written, he said : " At the time of 



INDEPENDENCE HOUSE. 325 

writing that instrument, I lodged at the house of a Mr. Graff, 
a new brick house three stories high, of which I rented the 
second floor, consisting of a parlor and bedroom, ready fur- 
nished. In that parlor I wrote habitually, and in it I wrote 
this paper particularly. So far I state from written proofs in 
my possession. The proprietor (Graff) was a young man, son 
of a German, then newly married. I think he was a brick- 
layer, and that his house was on the south side of Market 
street — probably between Seventh and Eighth streets ; and if 
not the only house on that part of the street, I am sure there 
were few others near it. I have some idea that it was a cor- 
ner house, but no other recollections throwing light on the 
question or worth communication." The records of real estate 
in the city show that Jacob Graff, Jr., bricklayer, son of Jacob 
Graff, Sr., brickmaker, bought, June, 1775, of Edward Physic 
and wife, the lot on the south-west corner of Seventh and 
High (now called Market) streets, 32 feet on High street by 
124 feet to a ten-feet wide alley. The house was built imme- 
diately afterward, and probably furnished by the beginning 
of the year 1776. The doorway was in the centre of the 
Seventh street front, and the stairs and entries ran to the top 
of the house, dividing the north rooms from the south rooms. 
This has been altered, and the appearance of the house con- 
siderably changed by its being used for business purposes. 
The upper portions of it on Market and Seventh streets pre- 
sent generally the same appearance as they had in 1776. 
Frederick Graff, Sr., the first engineer of the Fairmount Water- 
works, was a son of Jacob Graff, spoken of by Jefferson. He 
had been frequently told by his father in his childhood that 
Jefferson had been a lodger with him, and that he, Frederick, 
when an infant had frequently sat on Jefferson's knee. At 
that time the question as to where the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was written had not been started, and the elder 
Graff told the circumstance to his son as one that should be 
of interest to him as a family anecdote. 

Market street cars, and Union cars going south on Seventh 
street, pass this building. 
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326 OLD MINT — LONDON COFFEE HOUSE. 

THE OLD MINT. 

The first building erected in any part of the United States 
under authority of the Federal government was the United 
States Mint, a plain brick building on the east side of Seventh 
street above the street now called Filbert street, the corner- 
stone of which was laid by David Eittenhouse, the director 
of the Mint, on the 31st of July, 1792. This building was 
abandoned when the Mint at Juniper and Chestnut streets 
was occupied, about the year 1831-2. 

Union cars going south on Seventh street pass the old 

Mint. 

THE OLD LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE. 

At the south-west corner of Front and Market streets a 
brick building of peculiar appearance, with gables upon 
Front and Market streets, is now occupied as a store. It was 
built about the year 1702 by Charles Eead, who bought the 
lot from Letitia Penn. It was for many years occupied by 
Eead as a dwelling-house. In the year 1754 William Brad- 
ford, the printer, upon the decline of Eoberts' Coffee-house, 
situate in Front street near Chestnut street, obtained a license 
for a coffee-house and tavern at this corner. Under the name 
of the London Coffee-house, it was for twenty-five years the 
most fashionable place of resort in the city for gentlemen and 
strangers. Here came governors, members of the assemblies 
and provincial and city ofiicers and principal citizens and 
visiting strangers. It was an exchange where they met, dis- 
cussed the news of the day and arranged business and the 
movements of politics. In front of the Coffee-house public 
demonstrations were made, particularly during Stamp-Act 
times. Public auction-sales were held there, and it was the 
place where negro slaves were bought and sold. The distinc- 
tion of the Coffee-house as a place of resort failed about the 
beginning of the Eevolution, when the City Tavern was 
finished in Second street above Walnut street. 

The building is opposite the eastern station of the Market 
street and Union Passenger railway companies at Front and 
Market street . 



THE FREE QUAKER MEETING-HOUSE. 327 

THE FREE QUAKER MEETESTG-HOUSB, 
At the south-west corner of Fifth and Arch streets, is a 
brick building, which is now occupied by the Apprentices' 
Library Company, with which some historical interest is con- 
nected. During the Eevolutionary war the members of the 
Society of Friends were generally inclined to the royal cause. 
There were a few of the younger members who took the side 
of the colonies. Against the latter the disapprobation of the 
sect was strongly expressed, and such as refused to conform 
to the discipline of the society were " read out of meeting." 
After the close of the Eevolution these disowned members 
demanded their birthrights, but were refused. Under these 
circumstances they formed a society of their own, which they 
called the Free Quakers. They purchased the lot spoken of, 
and erected the building upon it. A tablet on the north end 
of the house bears the following inscription : 

By general subscription, 

For the Free Quakers ; 

Erected A. D. 1783, 

Of the empire 8. 

The members of the society were generally called "fight- 
ing Quakers." The legislature granted them, in August, 1786, 
a lot for burial purposes on the west side of Fifth street, be- 
tween Locust and Spruce, which still remains. The society is 
nearly extinct, and has not met for religious worship for forty 
years, although many descendants of the original members 
and themselves members by birthright are still living. The 
Fifth street burying-ground was during the war of the Rebel- 
lion granted as a burying-place for the Union soldiers who 
died in the army hospitals in the city — a use so appropriate 
that if the spirits of the fighting Quakers who had been buried 
in the ground could have risen they would surely have wel- 
comed the strangers. The upper story of this building was in 
the latter part of the last century used by the Grand Lodge 
of Masons of Pennsylvania as a place of meeting. 



328 



WILSON SCHOOL-HOUSE. 



WILSON SCHOOL-HOUSE, 
South-west side of Darby road, at Leech's Hollow, nearly op- 
posite Dick's nursery and not far west of the Darby Eailroad 
depot. This interesting building, which is now devoted to the 
humble purpose of a blacksmith-shop, was the scene of the la- 
bors of Alexander Wilson, the American ornithologist, and here 
he laid the foundation of the taste which distinguished him in 
after life, and which turned the current of his existence to the 




WILSON SCHOOIi-HOUSE. 

study of nature. Wilson, who was born at Paisley, Scotland, in 
1766, came to America in 1794. For a time he worked at his 
trade of weaving, but about 1800 he was induced to take charge 
of the Union school-house, Kingsessing, as teacher. He soon be- 
came acquainted with his neighbor William Bartram, the emi- 
nent naturalist. The latter excited the sympathetic enthusiasm 
of Wilson, who thenceforth devoted himself to the great task of 
learning the habits and peculiarities of the birds of America. 
He left the school-house about 1804, and devoted himself to the 
study of ornithology. The first volume of his splendid work 
was brought out about 1808. Seven volumes had been com- 
pleted in 1818, when Wilson died. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 
HISTORICAL MANSIONS. 

BARTEAM'S HOUSE. 

THE earliest botanical garden established in America in 
which plants were cultivated for medicinal purposes, and 
exotics upon account of their variety, was set up at Bachelors' 




BARTKAM'S HOUSE. 

Hall in Kensington, somewhat north of the square bounded 
by Frankford avenue, Laurel street and Manderson street, be- 
fore the year 1728. This plainly appears in a poem in praise 
of Bachelors' Hall, which was a club-house and building for 
the use of parties and social enjoyment. George Webb was 
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330 BARTRAM'S — STENTON BELMONT. 

the author of this poem, which was printed in 1729. John 
Bartram, a scientific botanist and lover of nature, purchased 
a piece of ground on the west side of the Schuylkill, below 
the lower ferry, the site of which is now occupied by the 
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Eailroad bridge, 
in 1728. He built a house there, which was finished in 1731, 
and laid out a botanical garden which was maintained there 
by himself, his sons and their successors for one hundred 
years. The old house is still standing. It is built of hewn 
stone, quaint in style and interesting in its associations. 
Upon a stone built in the wall is this inscription : 

" John and Ann Baeteam, 1731." 

Over the front window of the apartment which he used for 
his study is a stone upon which was engraved by his own 
hand this pious distich : 

" 'Tis God alone, almighty Lord, 
The Holy One, by me adored." 
Underneath, 

" John Bahtram, 1770." 

This house is now the property of Andrew M. Eastwick. 
Access by the Darby railway cars to Eastwick's lane, near 
road leading from Gray's Ferry. 

STENTON. 

In 1727, James Logan built for himself, on the east side 
of the road to Germantown, south of that village, a large and 
handsome mansion which he called Stenton. Here, on some 
occasions, the provincial councils met, and delegations of 
Indians on visit to the provincial government have been en- 
tertained. This house was the headquarters of General Howe 
during the battle of Germantown. 

Cars of the Germantown Passenger Eailway (Fourth and 
Eighth streets) pass Stenton. 

BELMONT. 
In west Fairmount Park, at some distance west by north of 



BELMONT — CLIVEDEN. 331 

the western end of the Eeading Railroad bridge, upon a fine 
elevation, stands "Belmont." The earliest house connected 
with the present building is the portion at the south end oc- 
cupied by the ladies' restaurant and kitchens. The present 
house, adjoining on the north, was added some time before 
the year 1800. William Peters, a brother of the Rev. Richard 
Peters, was the purchaser of this property in 1742. He built 
the first house there in that year or the next. Richard 
Peters, the son of William, who was afterward eminent as a 
patriot during the Revolution, member of Congress, commis- 
sioner of the war-office and judge of the United States District 
Court, was born there in June, 1744, and resided there until 
his death, August 22, 1828. Judge Peters was an accom- 
plished man, a wit, a scholar and a patriot. He was a com- 
panion with all the eminent men of his time, among them, 
Washington, Hancock, the Adamses, Jefferson and the va- 
rious members of Congress and statesmen, together with 
distinguished foreigners, Lafayette, Steuben, Kosciuszko, Pu- 
laski, Chastellux and others. His mansion at Belmont was 
the seat of hospitality and the place of resort of scholars and 
patriots. Here, while Washington was President, a Spanish 
walnut tree was planted by him, which attained a large size, 
but was subsequently lost. Two trees which are scions of the 
first are still upon the ground. A white walnut planted by 
Lafayette in 1824, when he was a guest of Judge Peters, is 
now in a sickly condition. 

CLIVEDEN. 
On the east side of the main street, Germantown, north of 
Johnson street, at some distance from the highway, stands 
a mansion of stone, venerable in its appearance, which was 
built some time before the Revolutionary war by Benjamin 
Chew, chief-justice of Pennsylvania, and by him called 
Cliveden. This house was the scene of one of the most 
notable incidents in the battle of Germantown, on the 4th of 
October, 1777. About a mile north of this house, at Mount 
Airy, upon the main road, a column under the command of 



332 CLIVEDEN — MOUNT PLEASANT. 

General Sullivan fell upon the British pickets and drove 
them in upon the main body of the centre, which was com- 
manded by Colonel Musgrave. The latter, finding himself 
hard pressed by the American advance, threw five companies 
of the Fortieth British regiment of foot into Chew's house, he 
taking command of this force. From the windows they 
poured a heavy fire of musketry upon the advancing Ameri- 
cans, occasioning considerable loss. The circumstance led to 
a halt. Chew's house was attacked with cannon by the Ameri- 
cans. The operations against the main body were impeded 
by this delay, and the movements of co-operation planned 
by Washington for the three main attacking columns failed, 
so that eventually the battle was lost and the Americans 
retreated. Musgrave lost scarcely a man, and after the 
Americans by withdrawing had relieved him from the siege, 
he joined the main body of the royal army. 

Germantown Eailway cars on Main street pass Cliveden. 

MOUNT PLEASANT, 
Captain John McPherson, who, during the wars between 
Great Britain, France and Spain, before the Revolution, 
commanded several privateers which sailed out of the poi-t 
of Philadelphia, and which were lucky in making many 
captures and accumulating much prize-money, built for him- 
self on the east side of the Schuylkill River a fine mansion 
of stone, to which he gave the name of Mount Pleasant. It 
is situated in the East Park, near to the eastern end of the 
Reading Railroad bridge, a little east by north of the latter. 
John Adams, who dined there in 1774, described it as "the 
most elegant seat in Pennsylvania." After the commence- 
ment of the Revolution, McPherson offered this house for 
sale. It was bought, with the surrounding grounds, by Major- 
General Benedict Arnold, who was at that time military 
governor of Philadelphia. Arnold, upon his marriage with 
Peggy, the beautiful daughter of Judge Shippen, settled the 
property on himself for life, with the remainder to his wife 
and children. When Arnold's treason was discovered, the 



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MT. PLEASANT — LEMON HILL — SOLITUDE. 333 

State of Pennsylvania confiscated his life interest in the prop- 
erty. The celebrated Baron de Steuben, of the Revolutionary 
army, occupied Mount Pleasant as a tenant in the fall of 
1781 and the spring of 1782. Arnold's life interest was sold 
to Colonel Eichard Hampton for £850. The Arnold title, 
however, was subsequently cut out by proceedings on a mort- 
gage which existed against the property when he bought it. 
General Jonathan Williams became the purchaser in 1796, 
and resided there for many years. He was a Revolutionary 
patriot, and commercial agent of the United States in France 
from 1777 to 1785. He was judge of the court of Common Pleas 
of Philadelphia, 1796. He became an officer of the regular 
army, was inspector of fortifications and superintendent of 
West Point Academy in 1801, being the first officer who had 
charge of that institution. He held the rank of colonel in the 
United States army in 1812. Returning to Philadelphia, he 
was elected a member of Congress in 1815, and served for one 
term. The mansion remained in the possession of the family 
for many years. 

LEMON HILL. 

Robert Morris, the Revolutionary patriot, bought a piece of 
ground immediately north and east of Fairmount about 1770, 
and built a comfortable house for his occupancy in the pleas- 
ant seasons of the year. The tract of ground was a large one, 
and extended over to the Ridge road. Here Morris spent 
much of his time, and during his pecuniary difficulties his 
house at this place, which he called the Hills, became his 
prison, for he dare not go out of it for fear of arrest. The 
property was finally sold, and bought by Henry Pratt, a mer- 
chant, who built for himself, about the year 1796, a fine man- 
sion, and called the estate Lemon Hill. Pratt's house, still 
standing, is altered in exterior appearance by the addition of 
piazzas. The walls and interior are as near as can be in the 
original condition. 

SOLITUDE. 

John Penn, son of Thomas Penn, formerly proprietary of 
Pennsylvania, remained in this country after the Revolution- 



334 SOLITUDE— WOODLANDS. 

ary war. In 1785 he built a small house on the west side 
of the Schuylkill, opposite the Hills, to which he gave the 
name of Solitude. The house is now within the enclosure of 
the Zoological Gardens, the ancient style of architecture 
having been preserved. This John Penn was a bachelor, 
and loved seclusion. He had literary taste, and wrote plays, 
poems and criticisms, many of which were published. He 
went back to England, probably about 1790-91, and died in 

1834. 

WOODLANDS. 

Within the enclosure of the Woodlands Cemetery, West 
Philadelphia, and appropriated at the present time for office 
purposes, stands the original mansion, which was once the 
home of hospitality and taste. It was the seat of the Hamil- 
tons. Andrew, the founder of this family, was a lawyer. He 
was celebrated for his defence of the liberty of the press in 
the case of John Peter Zenger at New York, in 1735. He held 
important colonial offices, was speaker of the assembly for 
many years, member of the governor's council, and attorney- 
general. He purchased the West Philadelphia property in 
1735, devised it in 1741 to his son Andrew. The latter de- 
vised it in 1747 to his son William. The estate was three 
hundred and fifty -six acres. The original mansion at Wood- 
lands was built 1747-8. It was succeeded by the present 
building, which was erected about the time of the Eevolution. 
The principal front looks toward the south, and has a fine 
portico of six stately Tuscan columns twenty-four feet in 
height. The north front of the building is ornamented by 
six Ionic pilasters. Pavilions are on each side of the main 
front. The interior reveals traces of the old style. The 
semi-circular vestibule, sixteen feet in diameter, opens upon 
a corridor which led to the dining-room, which was of an 
oval form, thirty feet in length by twenty-two in breadth. 
The square east room, with two bow-windows, was once the 
library, and contained the family portraits, by the best British 
and American artists. Two smaller rooms which connected 
with this were used as picture-galleries, and contained French, 



336 WOODLANDS — FAIRHILL. 

Dutch and Italian paintings and sculpture. The adjoining 
grounds were beautifully laid out with indigenous and exotic 
trees and plants. There was a conservatory, greenhouse and 
hothouse, which was one hundred and foiiy feet in front, and 
contained, when the family occupied the mansion, as many as 
ten thousand plants. 

FAIRHILL. 

At the east side of the Germantown road, north of Somer- 
set street, is the old Fairhill mansion, long the seat of the 
Norris family. It was built by Isaac Norris, speaker of the 
assembly, before the year 1732. The celebrated John Dick- 
inson, author of the " Farmer's Letters," who had married 
one of the daughters of Isaac Norris, resided there before the 
Revolution, and was represented to have had a very fine li- 
brary in tlie mansion. During the British occupation of the 
city they set fire to Fairhill and destroyed it, nothing but the 
walls being left standing. The house was rebuilt in the orig- 
inal style, and occupied by Dickinson and the Norrises for 
many years. It is now a garden and place of resort. 

Germantown Passenger Railway cars (Fourth and Eighth 
Streets) pass this place. 



CHAPTEE XXIX. 
BRIDGES. 

THE principal bridges of Philadelphia are those that cross 
the Schuylkill Eiver. There are others that span other 
streams in the territory, which are of small proportions, al- 
fhough of much importance in their respective places. 

Market street bridge. This structure was totally destroyed 
by fire on the 20th of November, 1875. It will be rebuilt as 
quickly as possible, and there is hope that it will be in order 
for use during the summer of 1876. The bridge which was 
destroyed was occupied by the tracks of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad and the Market street railway, and by passage- 
ways for pedestrians and vehicles. The bridgeway between 
thQ abutments was divided by two piers of stone, and was com- 
posed of three great arches. The depth of water at the west- 
ern pier was forty-one feet below high tide. The whole length 
of the bridge, including abutments and wing-walls, was 1300 
feet. The span of the middle arch was 194 feet, and of the 
other arches 150 feet. The late wooden bridge was rebuilt 
upon the site of the old bridge in 1850. 

The Middle Ferry was established at Market street, Schuylkill, in 
the earliest period of the history of the city. The passage was by a 
scow drawn by a rope from side to side. About the end of the 
year 1776, Major-General Israel Putnam, of the Continental army, 
who was in command of the city when the British army was march- 
ing across New Jersey with the intention, it was supposed, of attack- 
ing Philadelphia, built a floating bridge at Market street. The 
battles of Trenton and Princeton checked the hostile movement. 
In 1777, after the battle of Brandywine was lost by the Americans, 
Putnam's floating bridge was carried away from its position and 
stowed in some safe place elsewhere. The British army built a 
bridge at Market street during its occupation, which remained after 
the city was evacuated. This British bridge was subsequently taken 
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338 BRIDGES. 

away and sold to the proprietors of Gray's Ferry, and became the 
floating bridge at that phxce. Putnam's bridge was replaced in the 
old position, but was carried away by a flood March 15, 1804. The 
permanent bridge company was formed in 1798 ; the corner-stone 
was laid October 8, 1800,. and the bridge was finished and opened in 
1804. 

The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad 
bridge crosses the Schuylkill at Gray's Ferry. It is of wood, 
and constructed with a draw. It is 800 feet long, supported 
by five piers. Eailroad tracks are upon the southern side, and 
vehicles and foot-passengers travel on the north passage. The 
bridge was built in 1837-8. 

Gray's Ferry, or the Lower Ferry, was established at this point in an 
early period of the city's history. The British floating bridge formerly 
at Market street was placed here about 1778. A new floating bridge, 
with a draw, was built in 1812, and was in use until the railroad bridge 
was constructed. The latter was carried away by a flood January 
27, 1839, but was quickly rebuilt. The Avestern portion of the bridge 
was burned December 23, 1863. 

Spring Garden or Callowhill street bridge is a new and ele- 
gant structure which crosses the Schuylkill at the south side 
of Fairmount. It is of iron and double decked, and very 
handsome in appearance. Passage over the upper portion 
commences at Twenty-fifth and Spring Garden streets, rising 
by a gradual ascent and winding around the lower part of the 
Fairmount reservoir until it reaches the Schuylkill. Here the 
roadway passes over at a height of about 50 feet above high tide. 
The upper deck continues over the Pennsylvania Railroad by 
a span 140 feet wide, and strikes the level of Spring Garden 
street at Thirty-second street. The lower roadway passes over 
at the level of Callowhill street and strikes a street which 
winding northwardly connects with Haverford street running 
west. The whole length of this bridge is 1295 feet, and with 
abutments and approaches 2730 feet ; width 48 feet, with a 
roadway of 32 feet and sidewalks of 8 feet each ; span across 
the river 348 feet. The upper floor is 32 feet above the lower 
floor. The bridge passes over Callowhill street, the Schuylkill, 
Thirtieth street and the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 



340 BRIDGES. 

It was built by the Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburg 
and finished in 1875. Handsome lamps on each floor give a 
profusion of light at night. The cars of the Hestonville Kace 
and Vine streets passenger railway company going west pass 
from Spring Garden street at Twenty-fifth street, and over 
the upper floor. Coming east they come down Haverford 
street, along Thirtieth street, and cross the bridge on the lower 
floor, which is on a level with Callowhill street. 

The Upper Ferry was in operation at an early period. Some time 
after the Revolution a floating bridge was built here. About 1811 
the Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge Company was incorporated for the 
purpose of building a bridge at this point. They empk)yed Lewis 
Wernwag, an ingenious architect, who planned for them a single- 
arch bridge, which, when completed, had a greater span by 96 feet 
than any other bridge in the world. It was 50 feet 4 inches wide at 
the abutments and 35 feet wide at the centre. The river was spanned 
by a single arch of 340 feet 4 inches. This was elevated at the centre 
30 feet above the water, and had a rise from the abutments of 20 feet. 
The structure was 400 feet long, and was of veiy picturesque appear- 
ance. It was finished in 1813 and burned September 1, 1838. A 
wire suspension bridge, the first erected in the United States except 
a swinging wire bridge at the Falls of Schuylkill, constructed by 
White & Hazzard many years ago, replaced the single arch bridge. 
It was according to the plan of Charles Ellet, architect and engineer, 
and was finished January 2, 1842. This bridge was 343 feet between 
the abutments, 27 feet high, and sustained on each side by five cables 
suspended from massive granite towers 32 feet high. This bridge 
became decayed and dangerous, and was replaced in 1875 by the 
double-deck iron bridge above described. 

Girard avenue bridge is one of the finest bridges in the 
world, and wider than any bridge in America or Europe, being 
of the width of 100 feet, with sidewalks of 16. J feet each and 
a roadway of 67J feet. It was commenced about 1872 and 
opened July 4, 1874. It was built by the Phoenixville Iron 
Company, and cost $1,404,445. This bridge is very hand- 
somely ornamented, and is illuminated at night with gas. 

A wooden bridge was erected here about 1840. It was badly built 
at the beginning ; and falling into decay, its renewal was necessary. 

Penrose Ferry bridge is situate a short distance above the 
mouth of the Schuylkill. It is a wooden structure, badly 




n 111! iinilAii 1 iiiiiiiiiw'iiiiiiliiliillili' 



342 BRIDGES. 

built and needing frequent repairs. It is 600 feet long, and 
was originally finished about 1855. 

South street bridge is of stone and iron, a new structure 
which was commenced March, 1870, and finished toward the 
end of the year 1875. It is solid and graceful. The stone- 
work on the west side of the Schuylkill carries the structure 
by five arches over a considerable stretch of land. The work 
in the centre is supported by cylindrical cast-iron piers, which 
were sunk by the pneumatic process. The central draw works 
on a pivot, leaving a passage of 77 feet on each side. The 
span of the pivot is 214 feet, and the east and west spans 185 
feet each. The whole length of the bridge, with its approaches, 
is 2419 feet. 

Chestnut street bridge crosses the Schuylkill by two arches 
in the eastern abutments and two arches in the river, resting 
in the middle upon one pier. The river spans are 398 feet 
long ; entire length 1528 feet. This bridge was commenced 
the latter part of the year 1861, and was formally opened the 
23d of June, 1866. It is built of stone and iron, is of graceful 
proportions, and handsomely illuminated at night. The 
roadway and pavements are of stone and brick. 

The Reading Railroad bridge, usually called the Columbia 
bridge, is a wooden structure which crosses the Schuylkill near 
Belmont, in the Park. It was built originally for the use of 
the Columbia Eailroad — a State work. It was commenced 
in 1832 and finished in 1834. Tlie bridge is 1008 feet long, 
supported by six piers and two abutments, and was originally 
built with four trusses. The southern side of this bridge is 
occupied by railroad tracks, the northern portion by carriage 
and roadway. After the State works were abandoned, this 
bridge and roadway were sold to the Eeading Railroad 
Company. 

The Connecting Railroad bridge is a very solid and imposing 
structure of stone and iron, which is high above the surface 
of the river, and crosses it in Fairmount Park just north of 
Girard avenue bridge. It was built a few years ago. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge crosses the river Schuyl- 



BRIDGES. 343 

kill north of the Arsenal, and is used entirely for railroad 
purposes. It is of stone, is very strongly constructed, and 
was commenced July, 1860, and first used in January, 1862. 

The Falls of Schuylkill bridge, a wooden structure, crosses 
the Schuylkill some little distance above the northern bound- 
ary of North Laurel Hill Cemetery. It is of wood, and is 
probably the fourth or fifth bridge which has been at this 
place. First was the suspension bridge of White & 
Hazzard, then a chain suspension bridge, then a wooden 
bridge swept away by a flood, and another burned August 
26, 1842. 

The Reading Railroad Port Richmond branch bridge crosses 
the Schuylkill at the Falls. It is of stone, very strong, and 
has five piers with spans of 78 feet each. This bridge was 
commenced in 1843. It replaced a bridge which had been 
finished in 1842, and was burned, together with the Falls 
bridge, near by, on the 26th of August of that year. 

The Wissahlckon bridge, on the line of the Manayunk 
and Norristown branch of the Reading Railroad, crosses the 
stream which gives it name at the great height of 68 feet 
above the water. It is of wood, 420 feet long, with three spans 
of 140 feet each. The present structure replaces a bridge of 
the same dimensions burned on the 12th of August, 1862. 

The Manayunk bridge, a wooden structure, crosses the 
Schuylkill at Manayunk, the place formerly bearing that 
name, now part of the Twenty-third Ward. 

Flat Rock bridge crosses the Schuylkill at a romantic situa- 
tion above Manayunk. It is also of wood. 

Street bridges. There are several bridges crossing streets 
and railroads in the city which are works of. considerable 
size and cost. Some of these may be worthy of mention. 
Among them are the bridges crossing the Pennsylvania 
Railroad west of the Schuylkill and near the Park. The 
bridge at Belmont and Girard avenues, which carries over 
two intersecting streets, is a novelty in bridge construction. 
A fine bridge at Forty-first street crosses the railroad by a 
span of 250 feet. Other bridges on this line are fine works. 



344 BRIDGES. 

The widest railroad bridge in the world, crossing the land, is 
upon the line of the Eeading Eailroad ; it crosses Richmond 
street above Lehigh avenue, and carries a large number of 
tracks. 

Park bridges. The iron bridges in the Park connecting 
the Exhibition buildings, at Lansdowne Glen and Belmont 
Valley, are well worth examination. 



CHAPTER XXX. 
PUBLIC PARKS AND SQUARES. 

FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

EAIRMOUNT PARK contains 2740 acres, and, next to 
Epping and Windsor Forests, England, and the Prater 
at Vienna, is the largest park in the world. It is situate 
on the east and west banks of the river Schuylkill, including 
the river within the enclosure, and extends along the Wissa- 
hickon Creek from its mouth to Chestnut Hill on both sides 
of the stream, which is also Park property. Commencing at 
Callowhill street, Fairmount, the Park extends on the east 
bank to the Falls of Schuylkill and the mouth of the Wissa- 
hickon, five and a half miles, and along that stream seven 
miles and a half to Chestnut Hill ; total distance from Cal- 
lowhill street entrance to extreme north-east Park boundary, 
thirteen miles. On the west side of the Schuylkill the Park 
commences at Spring Garden street bridge and extends north- 
wardly to Chamounix and Robert's Hollow, about four miles 
and a half. 

The Park is by common usage divided into sections known 
as Old Fairmount and Lemon Hill, East Park, West Park 
and Wissahickon Park. 

Fairmount and Lemon Hill extend from Callowhill street 
to a point above the connecting railroad bridge, where the 
river road crosses the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 
The ground is bounded on the east and north-east by the 
Reading Railroad, and is not more than a third of a mile 
wide at any point. Within this portion of the Park are the old 
Fairmount Water-works and reservoirs, upon the Schuylkill 
just north of the Spring Garden bridge. The Graff memorial, 

345 



346 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



Fairmount garden, Leda-and-the-swan fountain, wooden fig- 
ures, by Eush, on the rocks of the forebay, and the same figures 
in bronze, and the statues of Wisdom and Justice in wood, 
by Eush, in the hall of the main building; emblematic figures 




FOUNTAIN NEAK MINEKAL, SPRING, L,EMON HILL. 

of river gods, representing the genius of the Schuylkill, in 
reclining positions over the entrance to wheel-houses, by 
Eush. The Art Gallery, free to all visitors, is near the Green 
street and Fairmount avenue entrance. It contains Eother- 
mel's grand painting of the battle of Gettysburg, the property 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 347 

of the State of Pennsylvania, which cost $30,000; the noted 
picture "Christ Eejected," by Benjamin West, and several 
other fine works of art. The Lincoln monument, by Randolph 
Eogers, is crowned by a fine bronze statue of the late Presi- 
dent in a sitting position. Fountains are in sight from the 
Art Gallery, and the mineral springs are near. 

Numerous boat-houses, architecturally handsome, are on the 
bank of the river, for the use of amateur boatclubs; Lemon 
Hill Mansion is above, Sedgeley guard-house is near Girard 
avenue bridge; General Grant's cottage, being the building oc- 
cupied by him at City Point as commander-in-chief of the army 
during the siege of Richmond, stands near the river bank, 
south of the Girard avenue bridge. The Humboldt monument 
will be east of and very near Grant's cottage. At Girard avenue 
the main driving road and paths for pedestrians unite and are 
carried over the magnificent bridge to the West Park. The 
river road in this Park, commencing at Green street entrance, 
leads by a road near the boat-houses, beneath overhanging 
rocks and wooded steeps, and extends beneath Girard avenue 
bridge, past the Spring Garden or Schuylkill Water-works, 
and under the railroad bridge. It then penetrates a tunnel 
cut through Promontory Rock, and gradually rises to the level 
of the Reading Railroad, which it crosses at Mifflin lane. 

The ascent to Lemon Hill mansion from the mineral spring 
is handsome and attractive. Paths which lead round an at- 
tractive fountain in which gold-fish are swimming rise by a 
series of steps and terraced gardens thickly shaded by trees, 
with walks and alleys which seem to lead ofi" to spots of deep 
seclusion. This charming little parterre was the place where 
were cherished the choicest portions of " Pratt's Garden," 
famous among the city wonders of the olden time. 

The East Park extends from Thirty-third street at Thomp- 
son street to Ridge avenue, which it intersects north of 
Dauphin street, and extends along the avenue to South Lau- 
rel Hill, where it narrows to a space wide enough for road and 
other purposes, extending north-eastward along the banks 
of the Schuylkill and beneath the Reading Railroad (Port 



348 



FAIEMOUNT PARK. 



Richmond branch) bridge west of the Falls of Schuylkill 
village to the month of the Wissahickon. The distance from 
Mifflin lane to Wissahickon is about four miles. The greatest 
width of the East Park is about a mile, narrowing at the 




E^VST TERRACE, LEMON HILI.. 



upper portion to a quarter of a mile. Within this part of the 
Park is the great reservoir, now building, which is intended 
to contain 750,000,000 gallons of water. This reservoir is 
built upon what had previously been open, cultivated ground. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



349 



so that the most beautiful portion of the enclosure remains 
untouched. The East Park is a series of hills and ravines 
stretching upward to the Falls bridge, jutting out in huge rocks 
upon the Schuylkill, covered with magnificent old trees, grass 




SCHDYIiKII.L, BLUFFS Bt.LOW EDGET.Y. 

and shrubbery. Every path and roadway opens new beau- 
ties to the view, so that the eye is perpetually enlivened by 
fresh attractions in the landscape. Within the East Park still 
remain some of the old country-seats which formerly studded 
the banks of the Schuylkill on both sides. Going northward 
30 



350 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



the pedestrian or equestrian will pass to the left hand Foun- 
tain Green, once the seat of Samuel Meeker, and probably 
built before the year 1800. Beyond is Mount Pleasant, made 
famous by the names of McPherson, Arnold the traitor, and 




~-jc=M^~i-^ j-3^i-yii/.f.^-^^^ijtfd . 



ENTRANCE AT EGGIESFIELD. 



Baron Steuben the patriot, (See Chapter XXVIII.) Eockland 
succeeds, and here is a very romantic ravine thickly shaded 
and cool in the summer. Belleville is next, and beyond is 
Ormiston, once the property of Edward Shippen Burd, whose 



352 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

wife founded the Burd Orphan Asylum. Beyond Ormiston was 
an estate once called Edgely, the mansion of which has been 
torn down. A concourse here, next the bank of the river 
on the main driving road, afibrds a magnificent view^ of the 
Schuylkill north and south, with the surrounding country, 
and is a favorite place for stopping to view the scenery. Be- 
yond Edgely is Woodford mansion, near the Eidge road, 
which is occupied as the residence of the superintendent of 
the Park. Strawberry Mansion is situated near the Schuyl- 
kill, on the heights of a fine ravine which separates this prop- 
erty from Edgely. It is a Park restaurant, well kept and 
much resorted to. The trees surrounding it are of the largest 
forest size, and the place is very attractive. The river road, 
coming from the Wissahickon and Falls, enters upon the 
highland at Edgely ravine. It has come southward from 
the Wissahickon in front of Falls village, and of North, 
Central and South Laurel Hill Cemeteries. 

The West Park commences at Spring Garden street on the 
west bank of the Schuylkill, and extends up that stream to a 
point nearly opposite the mouth of Wissahickon Creek. At 
Girard avenue it widens and extends out to George's Hill, 
giving it a wddth of about two miles at that point. In the 
other portions of the West Park the width is reduced, but in 
the narrowest portion of it north of the parallel of George's 
Hill it is from a half to three-quarters of a mile wide. Com- 
mencing at the Spring Garden street bridge, going north, the 
first place of note is the Zoological Gardens, in which is John 
Penn's villa of Solitude. (See Chapter XXVIII.) At Girard 
avenue the Park road passes under the connecting railroad 
bridge, which is carried over it by a series of arches. The roads 
and paths here are near the Schuylkill, and the view charming. 
About a quarter of a mile from the bridge is Sweet-Brier 
mansion, which was built by Samuel Breck, a merchant of 
Philadelphia, at one time member of Congress and State 
Senator, who occupied that place for thirty -eight years— be- 
tween 1823 and 1861. The house was probably built about 
1810. Beyond Sweet-Brier at the distance of a mile and a 



354 



PAIRMOUNT PARK. 



quarter from the Girard avenue bridge are Lansdowne plateau 
and Lansdowne concourse. 

Lansdowne was a very famous mansion more than a hun- 
dred years ago. It was built by John Penn, one of the last 
proprietaries of Pennsylvania. He bought the main portion 








VIEW OF SWEET-BKIER FKOM EG«X,ESFIELD. 

of the ground in December, 1773, and by other purchases in- 
creased the size of the property until it contained about 200 
acres. The mansion was commenced immediately afterward, 
nnd was probably completed about the outbreak of the Eevo- 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



355 



lution. It was in the Italian style, with centre and wings, 
bay-window apartments, and a steep roof in the Mansard 
style. The grounds were handsomely laid out and decorated 
with fruits, flowers and statuary. Penn devised it in 1795 to 
his widow, Anne Penn, a daughter of Chief-Justice Allen. 




VIEW ABOVE SWEET-BKIKK. 



William Bingham, first United States Senator from Penn- 
sylvania, a man of high fashion, whose beautiful wife, Anne, 
daughter of Thomas Willing, partner of Robert Morris, was 
the leader of society about the beginning of the present cen- 



356 FAIRMOUNT PAEK. 

tury, bought the property in 1797, and lived there for some 
years in great style. During the time the seat of national 
government was at Philadelphia, Bingham's house was the 
abode of hospitality and the resort of the most distinguished 
people of the time. A daughter of Bingham married Alex- 
ander Baring, afterward Lord Ashburton, and thus it passed 
into the Baring family, from whom it was purchased for 
Park purposes. Lansdowne would have been a most inter- 
esting relic for preservation, but unfortunately it was burned 
some years ago — before the Park was established. 

Just beyond Lansdowne concourse, upon the southern part 
of this ground, are the main Exhibition building, extending 
to Belmont avenue, Memorial Hall and the Art Gallery north 
of it, and Horticultural Hall still farther north. Beyond the 
latter, still going north, is Agricultural Hall, on the plateau 
below Belmont Mansion. West of the main Exhibition 
building, Machinery Hall extends nearly up to the base of 
George's Hill. The lake and United States building are north 
of Machinery Hall on Belmont avenue, and other buildings 
are in the neighborhood. 

Ascending from Lansdowne concourse, passing to the right 
Kemy's bronze group of "Hudson Bay wolves quarrelling 
over the body of a deer," the road, crossing Belmont avenue, 
climbs George's Hill, from which a very fine view of the city, 
as well as the whole of the Exhibition buildings, may be had. 
Here is a fine pavilion, near which is Stauch's bronze statue 
"Night." Belmont reservoir is near; and passing on north- 
ward, Belmont Mansion is reached, which is rich with Eevolu- 
tionary memories. (See Chapter XXVIII.) East of Belmont 
is Eidgeland, formerly a private mansion, and the road then 
stretches off north-eastwardly to Chamounix, or Mount Pros- 
pect, until the Falls road is reached, by which connection may 
be made with the East Park. Extending northward from the 
Girard avenue bridge near the Schuylkill are a series of ravines 
and glens accessible only to pedestrians. They are very beauti- 
' fill. Through Sweet-Brier ravine a small stream finds its way 
in quiet beauty. Lansdowne Glen also is penetrated by a 



358 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

brook. Through Belmont Valley a stream runs which reaches 
the river near Belmont Water-works. Still farther north is 
Belmont Glen, through which a very attractive path leads 
from the Eeading Railroad Park station to Belmont Mansion, 



MONSTEK FINES, WEST PAUK. 

which latter is a Park restaurant. Near the river, at Lans« 
downe ravine, are the special pumping water-works erected 
for the supply of the Centennial buildings. The stand-pipe, 
looking like a Turkish minaret, is near the Memorial building, 
and a conspicuous object from all portions of the ground. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 359 

rivalling in this particular Sawyer's observatory at Belmont. 
North of the Centennial water-works, on the river bank near 
the Reading Eailroad bridge, are the Belmont Water-works. 
The river road just above runs beneath the bridge. Just 
beyond are the offices of the Park Commission, with the two 




KAVINE IN WESTERN PARK, SWEET-BRIER VALE. 

bronze figures of Pegasus led by the Muses, heroic size, brought 
from Vienna. Still farther north, near the river, is a quaint 
little building known as Tom Moore's cottage, which tradition 
says was once the residence of the poet— a story in reference 
to' which doubts have been expressed by historical scholars. 
The Wissahickon Section of the Park commences where the 



360 



fairmou:nt park. 



creek empties into the Schuylkill, almost beneath the High 
bridge of the Germantown and Norristown Railroad, and 
between the hills where, during the battle of Germantown, 
Armstrong, from the north-western bank, cannonaded the 
Hessian chasseurs under Knyphausen, on the south-eastern 
bank of the stream. The road winds near the water of the 
creek through the entire valley of the Wissahickon, which 
is thickly wooded on the sides, with rocks overhanging the 




ON THE WISSAHICKON DRIVE. 

roadway and the stream, presenting at every turn scenes of 
beauty to delight the observer. There are several Park hotels 
upon the route — Wissahickon Hall, Maple Spring, Valley 
Green and Indian Rock hotels. The road runs from the 
Schuylkill on the west and south side of the stream. It 
crosses just beyond Washington Rock near the Hermit's 
Glen and Kelpius' Spring, places dedicated to the memory 
of ascetic religious enthusiasts, who in the early days of the 




A GlilMPSE OF THE WISSAHICKON. 



362 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



colony of Pennsylvania came from Germany and settled 
down to pious meditation and study on the banks of the 
romantic stream. Among these was John Kelpius, a scholar 




THE HERMIT'S POOL,. 



and a mystic, who prayed, studied and waited for many years 
the coming of "the woman clothed with the sun, with the 
moon under her feet and twelve stars on her forehead ; she 
who had fled into the wilderness." Kelpius died at the early 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



363 



age of thirty- eight years. Some of his disciples remained for 
a long time ; others formed a community known as the Her- 
mits of the Ridge, and occupied as a monastery a building 
still shown above the bridge which leads off toward German- 



town. Th. ri]M' 1.1 i.b.. .1 -rirrfnl and airv -t-i-ture, crosses 




HEMLOCK GliEN ON THE WISSAHICKON. 



the creek about three miles and a quarter from its mouth. A 
little farther on is Valley Green. The first fountain is four 
miles and a quarter from the Schuylkill River. Indian Rock 
juts out boldly at a great height half a mile farther on, and 
so the road proceeds, full of interest and romantic impressions, 
until at Chestnut Hill it passes off beneath a hill upon the 



364 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



top of which is planted the Catholic convent of St. Joseph, 
in a position which overlooks the country for miles. The 
number of trees, shrubs and plants in this Park is immense. 
Some years ago, after examination, it was estimated that in 
the East and West Parks, excluding the Wissahickon section, 




TKE WISSAHICKON AT CHESTNUT HILL,. 

there were 34,000 trees varying between 18 and 27 feet in 
circumference; under 18 feet, 70,000. In the Wissahickon 
section, which is wooded throughout the whole extent, it is 
estimated there are 200,000 trees, many being of great height. 
During the autumn the brilliant colors of the trees upon the 



366 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



hillsides are gorgeous. Of shrubs, vines and bushes the num- 
ber in all sections of the Park is beyond estimate. 

Along the whole course of this romantic stream the scenery 
is wild and constantly changing in appearance. The waters 













-v"s: 





GliBN FERN, WISSAHICKON. 

leap along, seeking the great river by devious courses, winding 
in curves and sometimes changing suddenly their direction as 
new obstacles are encountered. Every step along the banks 
opens new vistas of beauty and of romantic impression. The 
effect is heightened by the towering rocks and lofty trees 



FAIRMOTTNT PARK. 



367 



which shade the pathway or let occasional gleams of bright- 
ness flash through the gorges. 

Fairmount Park has gradually increased in size from the 
time of the resolution entered into by the city of Philadelphia, 
to change the method of obtaining water from the Schuylkill 
River. The first ground for that purpose was purchased about 
1811-12, when the steam pumping-works were commenced at 




BRIDGE OVER WISSAHICKON, NEAR MOUNT AIRY. 

Fairmount. Subsequently other ground was purchased, until 
the space between Callowhill and Coates streets had been 
obtained. After the failure of the Bank of the United States, 
the Lemon Hill property, which had passed into the hands of 
that corporation, was sold, and the city was induced to buy it 
in order to preserve the purity of the water of the Schuylkill 
River from the defilement which would happen if the banks 



368 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

of the river above Fairmount should be built up. This 
purchase was made July 24, 1844. By ordinance of Septem- 
ber 18, 1855, Lemon Hill estate was dedicated as a public park, 
being separate from Fairmount. About 1856 a number of 
citizens purchased Sedgely, the estate north of Lemon Hill, 
and extending up to Girard avenue. They paid a large 
amount of money upon the purchase, and then offered to 
present the property to the city on condition that the latter 
should assume and pay the balance of a mortgage upon the 
property which still existed. The arrangement was entered 
into. Authority was given by the Legislature to take posses- 
sion of the ground between old Fairmount and Lemon Hill, 
and thus Fairmount Park was created of considerable size. 
About 1866 some gentlemen of the city, ascertaining that the 
Lansdowne property, on the west side of the river Schuylkill, 
would be thrown into the market, secured it from the owners 
in England at a reasonable price, under the understanding 
that it would be devoted to public purposes. The City 
Councils and the State Legislature favored the acquisition. 
Necessary laws were passed in order to make the object of 
the Park — the preservation of the water — truly available. The 
original design was greatly extended, and by act passed in 
1867 the city was authorized to take for use the property on 
both sides of the river and along the Wissahickon, which is 
now included within the boundaries of the Park. A splendid 
accession was made to the Park in 1867 by Jesse George and 
his sister, who lived adjoining the Park according to the then 
limits, and near the eminence since known as George's Hill. 
These old people made a gift to the city of the hill and a 
quantity of land amounting to about thirty-eight acres, one 
of the most valuable portions of the grounds, as has since 
been proved not only by the beauty of the view from the 
commanding position on the top of the hill, but as a necessary 
site for the Belmont reservoir. 

Access to the Park may be had by the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
the d6p6t of which is at Belmont and Elm avenues, and which 
with its lines of communication extends to all parts of the 



FAIRMOUNT PARK. 



369 



United States. ALso by the Reading Railroad, vviiich runs 
through the Park on both sides of the river. Passenger railways 
leading to the Park are the following : Union navy yard and 
Spring Garden street lines to Brown street entrance; Green and 
Coates streets line, out Fairmount avenue to Park entrance : 
Spruce and Pine streets line going west out Pine street, and 
north up Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth streets to Green street 
entrance ; Eidge avenue line touches the East Park at Thirty- 




■■-!-..■>.«.. .T .. .MtcSLi 

DRINKING FOUNTAIN ON THE WISSAHICKON. 

third and Dauphin streets; Girard avenue (Fourth and Eighth 
streets) line west, crossing the bridge to West Park, and along 
Girard avenue to Elm avenue and Centennial buildings; Race 
and Vine streets line, crossing Spring Garden street bridge, 
out Spring Garden street and Lancaster and Belmont avenues 
to Centennial buildings ; Chestnut and Walnut streets line west 
by way of Walnut, Chestnut and Thirty-second streets, Lan- 
caster and Belmont avenue to Centennial buildings ; Market 

Y 



370 FAIRMOUNT PARK — HUNTING PARK. 

street line via Forty-first street to Elm avenue and east, end 
of main Exhibition building; West End to Elm avenue and 
Centennial buildings. 

Steamboats ply upon the Schuylkill within the Park bound- 
aries, running from Fairmount just above the reservoir, to 
Zoological Gardens, East Park entrance, Belmont landing 
and Centennial buildings, Rockland, Strawberry Mansion, 
Laurel Hill, Falls and Manayunk. 

Within the Park are special Park carriages which will carry 
persons to any part of the enclosure. Main stand near the 
Lincoln monument. 

Hunting Park contains forty-five acres, and is situate at the 
intersection of Nicetown lane and old York road. The en- 
closure was used fifty years ago as a race-ground, and after it 
was abandoned for such purposes laid for several years un- 
used. In 1854 certain citizens bought this propeiiy, and pre- 
sented it to City Councils as a free gift for the purposes of a 
public park. The ground was occupied in January, 1855. 
Trees were planted and walks laid out. This park is under 
the control of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park. 

PUBLIC SQUARES. 

At the foundation of the city William Penn dedicated five 
squares as public parks or enclosures. They were then known 
as North-east, South-east, North-west and South-west squares 
and Centre square; the latter, at the intei^section of Broad 
and Market streets, was intended for public uses, eventually 
to be occupied by municipal buildings. 

Washington, formerly South-east square, takes up the block 
of ground between Sixth, Washington, Walnut and Locust 
streets, is 540 feet north and south by 540 feet 4 inches east and 
west, and contains six acres and two roods. Some years after 
the settlement the City Councils appropriated this square for 
public purposes as a burial-ground and potter's field, and it 
was used for that purpose for many years— until health for- 
bade its further employment. During the Revolutionary 
war hundreds of American soldiere who died from wounds 



PUBLIC SQUARES. 371 

and disease were buried in this square. On February 22, 
1833, the corner-stone of a monument to the memory of 
Washington was laid in this square, but the contemplated 
memorial was never constructed. The square was closed as a 
public burial-ground in 1795 and laid out for public uses in 
1815, but not opened until some years later. It contains a 
fine assortment of trees, some of which are of rare varieties, 
which were planted under supervision of the eminent French 
botanist Michaux. 

Franklin, formerly North-east square, is situate between 
Sixth and Franklin streets and Race and Vine streets. It is 
632 feet north and south by 543 feet 6 inches east and west, 
and contains seven acres and three roods. Upon this square 
during the Eevolution was placed the public powder maga- 
zine. A portion of the ground was for a long time appropri- 
ated as a burial-ground by a German Reformed congregation, 
a grant for that purpose having been made by one of the 
Penns, proprietary and a descendant of the founder. About 
forty years ago the city of Philadelphia, by action at law, 
ejected the congregation from use of the ground upon the 
principle that the grant by the younger Penn was illegal, 
William Penn having divested himself of all property in the 
square by the original dedication. This square is handsomely 
laid out, with fine trees, and has in the centre a fountain of 
greater size, number of jets, etc., than any other in the city. 

Logan, formerly North-west square, extends from Race street 
to Vine street and from Eighteenth street to Logan street. It 
is 632 feet north and south by 540 feet east and west, and con- 
tains seven acres, three roods. This square was also appro- 
priated to burial use by the city after the South-east square 
ceased to be used for that purpose. Public executions for- 
merly took place there, and the place was one of notoriety. 
In 1864 the United States Sanitary Fair occupied the whole 
square, by permission of the city, with buildings erected for 
the purpose of the exhibition, which was very successful, 
realizing over a million of dollars. 

Rittenhouse or South-west square extends from Walnut street 



372 PUBLIC SQUARES. 

to Locust street and from Eighteenth street to Rittenhouse 
street, and contains six acres and two roods. It is 540 feet 
4 inches north and south and 540 feet 4 inches east and 
west. Handsome fountains of unique design are near the 
four gates of entrance at the corners of the square, and are 
well worthy inspection by the stranger. 

Independence square has been spoken of in the article on 
the State-house. It occupies four acres, two roods. 

Jefferson square extends from Washington street to Fed- 
eral street and from Third street to Fourth street. It is 392 
feet east and west, 307 feet on Fourth street and 292 feet on 
Third street, and contains two acres and two roods. It was 
purchased by the commissioners of Southwark in 1854, pre- 
vious to the consolidation of the city and districts. 

Passyunk square occupies a portion of the old Parade- 
ground between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and Wharton 
and Reed streets. The enclosure was originally obtained for 
the use of the military, but of late years has not been occu- 
pied by them. 

Norris square is situate between Diamond street and Sus- 
quehanna avenue and Howard and Hancock streets. It is 
486 feet north and south by 330 feet east and west. The 
ground was presented to the city by the Norris family for 
public use. 

Fairhill square is situate on Lehigh avenue, and is 500 feet 
north and south by 210 feet east and west. The ground of 
this square was also presented to the city by the Norris 

family. 

Germantown square, one half acre, is situate in front of 
and surrounding the old town-hall of Germantown, which 
is now used as a police station. 

Union square occupies the small triangle at Fifth and But- 
tonwood streets. 

Shackamaxon square is a triangular section of ground at 
the intersection of Maiden street and Frankford road. 

Thouron square is a triangular piece of ground at the 
intersection of Sixth street and Germantown road. 



CHAPTEE XXXI. 

THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 

OF 1876. 

fTTHE Exhibition buildings are located in Fairmount Park, 
J- wMch adjoins the built-up portions of Philadelphia on 
the north-western border. The buildings are located on some 
of the most beautiful spots on the bank of the Schuylkill 
River, groves of stately trees surrounding them, splendid views 
of river and landscape being afforded. These buildings stand 
from 112 feet to 120 feet above the highest tide-water level in 
the Delaware River, and fully that height above the Schuyl- 
kill. 

Girard avenue, one of the chief streets of Philadelphia, 
leads directly from the heart of the city to the entrance to the 
Main Exhibition building. This is a broad highway 100 feet 
in width, crossing the Schuylkill River upon a magnificent 
iron bridge which was erected at a cost of $1,500,000 expressly 
to furnish good facilities of access to the Exhibition grounds. 
This avenue passes through the Park in a westerly direction, 
and is a very fine drive. Bordering it on the right hand are 
the Exhibition grounds. These cover about 236 acres, which 
are enclosed for the buildings, in addition to which there will be 
other enclosures for the displays of horses and cattle. At the 
Vienna Exhibition of 1873 the enclosure, including that for 
the horses and cattle, which was of considerable size, covered 
260 acres. The buildings at Vienna gave about 2,000,000 
square feet of ground-floor surface for exhibitors, and covered 
42 acres. There were originally provided at Philadelphia 50 
acres of buildings, giving 2,107,000 square feet of surface, but 
applications for space are so numerous as to render enlarge- 
ments necessary. 

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374 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. -■ ■ 

The articles to be exhibited have been classified in seven 
departments, which, for the most part, are located in appro- 
priate buildings, whose several areas are as follows : 

DEPARTMENTS. BUILDINGS. ACRES COVERED. 

1. Mining and Metallurgy, "] 

2. Manufactures, Ulain building, 21.47 

3. Education and Science, J 

4. Art, Art Gallery, 1.5 

5. Machinery, Machinery building, 14 

6. Agriculture, Agricultural building, 10 

7. Horticulture, Horticultural building, 1.5 

Total, 48.47 

The building most eastwardly situate is the Main Exhibition 
hall. Immediately beyond, extending in a north-westwardly 
direction, is Machinery Hall. The northern faces of the Main 
and Machinery buildings are in a line, divided by an avenue, 
but connected by a covered way. The length from the ex- 
treme of one building to the extreme of the other is very 
great— more than two-thirds of a mile. Eunning along the 
northern length of these buildings is a boulevard 100 feet in 
width, which is traversed by a double line of narrow-gauge cars 
for the accommodation of visitors. Three hundred feet back 
of the Main building, their centres being in a line, stands the 
Art Gallery. Next northward, and on the further side of Lans- 
downe valley, which is crossed by a bridge, is the Horticultural 
building; back still of it, north of most of the principal struc- 
tures, is the Agricultural building ; on the west side of Belmont 
avenue and north of the Machinery Hall is the site of the 
building for the exhibition to be made by the United States 
government. 

A fine view of all the buildings can be had from the sum- 
mit of George's Hill, west of Machinery Hall. It shows all 
the great structures and the numerous accessory buildings 
which have been added as portions of the great exhibition. 

THE MAIN BUILDING. 
This is a parallelogram, running east and west 1876 feet 
long, and north and south 464 feet wide. The larger portion 



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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 



is one story high, the interior height being 70 feet, and the 
cornice on the outside 48 feet from the ground. At the centre 
of the longer sides are projections 416 feet in length, and on 

the ends of the building projec- 
tions 216 feet in length. In these, 
which are in the centre of the 
four sides, are located the main 
entrances, which are provided 
with arcades upon the ground 
floor, and central fayades 90 feet 
high. The east entrance will form 
the principal approach for car- 
riages, visitors alighting at the 
^. doors of the building under cover 
g of the arcade. The south en- 
^ trance will be the principal ap- 
^ proach from railway cars. The 
55 west entrance opens upon the 
^ main passage-way to two princi- 
B pal buildings, the Machinery and 
^ Agricultural Halls, and the north 
^ entrance to Memorial Hall (Art 
^ Gallery). Towers 75 feet in height 
^ rise at each corner of the building. 
In order to obtain a central fea- 
ture, the roof for 184 feet square at 
the centre has been raised above 
the surrounding portion, and four 
towers 48 feet square, rising to 120 
feet high, are introduced into the 
corners of this elevated roof. This 
gives ventilation as well as orna- 
ment. The main building gives 
936,008 square feet of surface, or 
nearly 21.] acres. Its ground plan shows a central avenue 120 
feet in width and 1832 feet in length, which is the longest 
avenue of that width ever introduced into an exhibition 




INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 377 

building. On either side of this is another avenue of equal 
length, and 100 feet wide. Between the central and side 
avenues are aisles 48 feet wide, and on the outer sides of 
the building smaller aisles of 24 feet width. To break the 
great length of the roof-lines three transepts have been intro- 
duced, of the same widths and in the same relative positions 
to each other as the longitudinal avenues. These cross the 
building, and are 416 feet in length. The intersections of 
these various avenues make at the centre of the building nine 
spaces, free fi-om supports, which are from 100 feet to 120 feet 
square, and which aggregate 416 feet square. The general 
elevation of the r(»ofs of all these avenues varies from 45 feet 
to 70 feet. 

This building rests upon the ground, the land having been 
thoroughly graded and prepared. The foundations consist 
of piers of masonry, the superstructure being composed of 
wrought-iron columns placed 24 feet apart, which support 
wrought-iron roof-trusses. There are 672 of these columns 
in the entire structure, the shortest being 23 feet and the 
longest 125 feet long. Their aggregate weight is 2,200,000 
pounds. The roof-trusses and girders weigh 5,000,000 pounds. 
The sides of the building, to 7 feet above the ground, are 
finished with brickwork in panels between the columns. 
Above this there are glazed sashes. The roof-covering is of 
tin, that being the best roofing known in this climate to resist 
leakage. The flooring is of plank upon sills resting upon the 
ground, with no open space beneath. Turrets surmount the 
building at all the corners and angles, and the national stand- 
ard, with appropriate emblems, is placed over each of the 
main entrances. There are numerous side-entrances, each 
being surmounted with a trophy, showing the national colors 
of the country occupying that portion of the building. In the 
vestibules variegated brick and tile are introduced. Louvre 
ventilators surmount all the avenues, and skylights the central 
aisles. Light, of which there will be an ample supply, comes 
from the north and south sides almost entirely. There under- 
lie the building two miles of drainage-pipe, the water-supply 
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378 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, ETC. 

and drainage systems being complete. Offices for the foreign 
commissions are placed along the sides of the building, in 
close proximity to the products exhibited. Offices for the 
administration are at the ends. The design of the building is 
such that all exhibitors will have an equally fair opportunity ■ 
of exhibiting their goods to advantage. There is compara- 
tively little choice of location, as the light is uniformly dis- 
tributed, and each of the spaces devoted to products is located 
upon one of the main thoroughfares. 

THE ART GALLERY. 
The most imposing and ornate of all the structures is 
Memorial Hall, built at a cost of |1,500,000, by the State 
of Pennsylvania and city of Philadelphia. This is placed 
at the disposal of the Centennial Commission, to be used 
during the exhibition as an art gallery, after which it is 
designed to make it the receptacle of an industrial and art 
collection similar to the famous South Kensington Museum 
at London. It stands on a line parallel with, and a short 
distance northward of, the main building, and is in a com- 
manding position, looking eastward across the Schuylkill 
over Philadelphia. It stands upon a terrace 122 feet above 
the level of the Schuylkill. Being designed for an absolutely 
fireproof structure, nothing combustible has been used. The 
design is modern Renaissance. It covers an acre and a half, 
and is 365 feet long, 210 feet wide and 59 feet high, over a 
spacious basement 12 feet high. A dome, rising 150 feet above 
the ground, surmounts the centre, capped by a colossal ball, 
from which rises the figure of Columbia. The main front of 
this building looks southward, displaying a main entrance in 
the centre consisting of three enormous arched doorways, a 
pavilion on each end, and two arcades connecting the pavilions 
with the centre. The entrance is 70 feet wide, to which there 
is a rise of 13 steps. Each of the huge doorways is 40 feet 
high and 15 feet wide, opening into a hall. Between the arches 
of the doorways are clusters of columns, terminating in em- 
blematic designs illustrative of science and art. The doors 



380 THE ART GALLERY. 

are of iron, relieved by bronze panels, displaying the coats- 

of-arms of all the States and Territories. The United States 

coat-of-arms is in the centre of the main frieze. The dome 

is of glass and iron, of unique design. While Columbia rises 

at the top, a colossal figure stands at each corner of the dome, 

typifying the four quarters of the globe. In each pavilion 

there is a large window 12J feet by 34 feet. There are all 

together eight of these windows, which will be used for the 

display of stained glass, glass paintings, etc. The arcades 

designed to screen the long walls of the galleries each consists 

of five groined arches, and form promenades looking outward 

over the grounds and inward over open gardens extending 

back to the main wall of the building. These garden-plots 

are each 90 feet by 36 feet, ornamented in the centre with 

fountains, and intended to display statuary. The arcades 

are highly ornamented, and the balustrades of them and of 

the approaching stairways are also designed for statuary. 

The walls of the east and west sides of the structure display 

the pavilions and the walls of the picture-galleries, and are 

relieved by niches designed for statues. The frieze is richly 

ornamented, and above it the central dome shows to great 

advantage. The rear or north front of the building is of the 

same general character as the main front, but, in place of the 

arcade, has a series of arched windows, twelve in number, with 

the entrance in the centre. Between the pavilions is the grand 

balcony, a promenade 275 feet long and 45 feet wide, elevated 

40 feet above the ground, and overlooking to the northward 

the beautiful grounds of the Park. On each front of the 

buildings the entrances open into halls 82 feet long, 60 feet 

wide, 53 feet high, decorated in modern Eenaissance. These, 

in turn, open into the centre hall, 83 feet square, the ceiling 

rising over it 80 feet in height. From the east and west sides 

of this centre hall extend the galleries, each 98 feet long, 48 

feet wide and 35 feet high. These galleries admit of temporary 

divisions for the better display of paintings, and with the 

centre hall form a grand hall 287 feet long and 83 feet wide, 

capable of comfortably accommodating 8000 persons. This 



THE ART GALLERY — MACHINERY HALL. 381 

is nearly twice the dimensions of the largest hall in the United 
States. Doorways open from the galleries into two smaller 
galleries 89 feet long and 28 feet wide. These open north and 
south into private apartments connecting with the pavilion- 
rooms, and forming two side-galleries 210 feet long. Along the 
whole length of the north side of the main galleries and central 
hall extends a corridor 14 feet wide, opening on its north line 
into a series of private rooms, twenty -three in number, designed 
for studios and smaller exhibition rooms. All the galleries 
and the central hall are lighted from above, the pavilions 
and studios from the sides. The pavilions and central hall 
are designed especially for the exhibition of sculpture. This 
fine building gives 75,000 square feet of wall space for paint- 
ings, and 20,000 square feet of floor space for statues, etc. The 
skylights throughout are double, the upper being of clear glass 
and the under of ground glass. 

MACHINERY HALL. 

This structure is located about 550 feet west of the main 

Exhibition building ; and as its north front stands upon the 

same line, it is practically a continuation of that edifice, the 

two together presenting a frontage of 3824 feet from their 

eastern to their western ends upon the principal avenue 

within the grounds. This building consists of a main hall, 

1402 feet long and 360 feet wide, with an annex on the southern 

side 208 feet by 210 feet. The entire area covered is 558,440 

square feet, or nearly 13 acres, and the floor space afibrded is 

about 14 acres. The chief portion of the building is one story 

in height, the main cornice upon the outside being 40 feet 

from the ground, and the interior height to the top of the 

ventilators in the avenues 70 feet, and in the aisles 40 feet. 

To break the long lines of the exterior, projections have been 

introduced upon the four sides, and the main entrances are 

finished with fagades extending to 78 feet in height. The 

eastern entrance will be the principal approach from railways, 

and from the main Exhibition building. Along the southern 

side are placed the boiler-houses, and such other buildings 



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MACHINERY HALL. 



for special kinds of machinery as may be required. The plan 
of the Machinery building shows two main avenues 90 feet 
wide, with a central aisle between and an aisle on either side, 

these being 60 feet in width. 
These avenues and aisles 
together have 360 feet width, 
and each of them is 1360 feet 
long. At the centre of the 
building there is a transept 
of 90 feet width, which at 
the south end is prolonged 
beyond the building. This 
extended transept, begin- 
ning at 36 feet from the 
building and extending to 
208 feet, is flanked on either 
side by aisles 60 feet wide, 
and forms an annex for 
machines. The 
are : in the 
avenue 15 feet wide, in the 
aisles 10 feet, and in the 
transept 25 feet. The walks 
extending across the build- 
ing are all 10 feet wide, and 
lead at either end to exit 
doors. The foundations of 
this building are piers of 
masonry, the superstructure 
consisting of solid timber 
columns supporting roof- 
trusses constructed of 
straight wooden principal 
beams and wrought-iron ties 
and struts. The columns are placed in longitudinal lines, and 
in these rows stand 16 feet apart. The columns are 40 feet 




^ hydraulic 
a promenades 



MACHINERY AND AGRICULTURAL HALLS. 383 

high, and support respectively the 90 feet roof-spans over the 
avenues at a height of 40 feet, and the 60 feet roof-spans over 
the aisles at a height of 20 feet. The outer walls are built of 
masonry to a height of 5 feet, and above that are composed of 
glazed sash between the columns. Portions of these sashes 
are movable for ventilation, and Louvre ventilators are intro- 
duced in continuous lengths over both the avenues and the 
aisles. The building is entirely lighted by side-light from the 
north and south. 

Double lines of shafting are introduced into each avenue 
and aisle at a height of about 20 feet. A Corliss steam-en- 
gine of 1400 horse-power drives the main shafting. There 
are also counter-lines of shafting in the aisles, and special 
steam-power furnished where necessary. Steam-power is fur- 
nished free to exhibitors. In the annex for hydraulic ma- 
chines there is a tank 60 feet by 160 feet, with 10 feet depth 
of water. It is intended to exhibit all sorts of hydraulic ma- 
chinery in full operation ; and at the southern end of the tank 
there will be a waterfall 35 feet high by 40 feet wide, supplied 
from the tank by the pumps on exhibition. There will prob- 
ably be a larger exhibition at Philadelphia of processes of 
manufacture than at any previous exhibition. 

THE! AGRICULTURAL HALL 
stands north of the Horticultural Hall, being separated from 
it by a romantic ravine, and has a commanding view of the 
Schuylkill Eiver and the north-western suburbs of Philadel- 
phia beyond. This building illustrates a novel combination 
of materials, mainly wood and glass, and consists of a long 
nave crossed by three transepts, each being composed of 
truss-arches of Gothic form. The nave is 820 feet long by 
125 feet in width, with a height of 75 feet from the floor to 
the point of the arch. The central transept is 100 feet wide 
and 75 feet high, and the two end transepts 80 feet wide and 
70 feet high. Its interior appearance resembles that of a 
great cathedral, and in looking from transept to transept the 
vista is extremely imposing. A portion of this building is 



384 



AGRICULTURAL HALL, 



supplied with steam-power for the use of agricultural ma- 
chinery. The four courts enclosed by the nave and transepts, 
and also the four spaces at the corners of the building, having 

the nave and end tran- 
septs for two of their 
sides, are roofed, and 
form valuable spaces for 
exhibits. The ground 
plan of the building is a 
parallelogram 540 feet 
by 820 feet, covering 
about lOi acres. In con- 
nection with this build- 
ing are extensive stock- 
yards for the exhibition 
^ of horses, cattle, swine, 
K sheep, poultry, etc., and 
^ also a race -track for 
g horses. 

S In order to allow the 
o Agricultural department 
§ to produce the largest 
^ amount of good to the 
farming interest, and to 
afford information and 
instruction to cultivators 
of the soil, special efforts 
will be made by the offi- 
cers having charge of 
this department of the 
Exhibition. An agri- 
cultural machine viewed 
when not in action may 
suggest the object for 
which it has been constructed, but it cannot certify to its power 
and ability. Hence practical trial of the merits of the ma- 
chines will be most satisfactory. The most important agricul- 




AGRICULTURAL HALL, ETC. 385 

tiiral implements are the ploughers, mowers and reapers. 
Also the steam-machinery which of late years has been ap- 
plied to work in the fields. For this purpose the Commission 
has obtained the use of a fine piece of land near Schenck's 
Station on the line of the Philadelphia and Trenton Eailroad, 
where the trials of heavy field-machines will be made. 

HORTICULTURAL. HALL. 

The city of Philadelphia made a liberal grant of money 
to provide for the Horticultural department of the exhibition 
an extremely ornate and commodious building, which is de- 
signed to remain in permanence as an ornament of Fair- 
mount Park. This structure is located on a terrace bordering 
the Schuylkill Eiver, a short distance north of Memorial 
Hall, and has a commanding view of the Schuylkill River 
valley and the north-western portions of Philadelphia. Re 
mantic ravines running down to the river are on either side, sep- 
arating it on the south from Memorial Hall and on the north 
from Agricultural Building. These ravines are spanned by 
ornamental bridges 500 feet long and 60 feet wide, for conve- 
nience of access. Carriage-roads, a railway and foot-walks 
pass over them. The Horticultural Building is designed in 
the Moresque style of architecture of the twelfth century, the 
chief materials externally being iron and glass, supported by 
fine marble and brickwork. The building is 383 feet long, 
193 feet wide and 72 feet high to the top of the lantern. The 
main floor is occupied by the central conservatory, 230 feet 
by 80 feet, and 55 feet high, surmounted by a lantern 170 feet 
long, 20 feet wide and 14 feet high. Running entirely around 
this conservatory, at a height of 20 feet from the floor, is a 
gallery 5 feet wide. On the north and south sides of this 
principal room are four forcing-houses for the propagation of 
young plants, each of them 100 feet by 30 feet, and covered 
by curved roofs of iron and glass, which, appearing upon the 
exterior of the building, present a very fine feature. A ves- 
tibule 30 feet square separates the two forcing-houses on each 
side, and there are similar vestibules at the centre of the east 
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386 HORTICULTURAL HALL. 

and west ends, on either side of which are apartments for 
restaurants, reception-rooms, offices, etc. Ornamental stair- 
ways lead from these vestibules to the internal galleries ot 
the conservatory, as well as to four external galleries, each 
100 feet long and 10 feet wide, which surmount the roots ot 
the forcing-houses. These external galleries are connected 
with a grand promenade, formed by the roofs of the rooms on 
the lower floor, giving a superficial area of about 17,000 
square feet. The east and west entrances to the Horticultural 
building are approached by flights of blue marble steps, from 
terraces 80 feet by 20 feet, in the centre of each of which 
stands an open kiosque 20 feet in diameter. Each entrance 
is beautified by ornamental tile and marble work, and the 
angles of the main conservatory are adorned with eight at- 
tractive fountains. The corridors connecting the conservatory 
with the surrounding apartments open fine vistas m every 
direction, and the beauties of the surrounding Park, and the 
river flowing in front and more than 100 feet beneath the 
building, add to the attractions. Extensive heating arrange^- 
ments are provided in the basement, which is of fireprool 
construction, and the restaurant kitchens will also be located 

Surrounding this building there are 35 acres of ground, 
which will be devoted to horticultural purposes, and are 
prepared for planting. In this plot there is an extensive 
series of sunken gardens. 

MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS. 
Having thus noted the five principal buildings of the ex- 
hibition proper, it will be convenient to return to the mam 
entrance to the grounds and take up in order such of the 
minor buildings as can be definitely described This mam 
entrance is the interval between the Main and Machinery 
buildings, and is approached by a covered bridge crossing 
Elm avenue from the terminus of the Pennsylvania Bailroad 
where visitors from every part of the Union will be landed 
onlv a street's breadth from the exhibition. 



:388 MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS. 

Executive oflRcers' building. Either side of the entrance is 
a building containing some twenty-five rooms, which are de- 
voted to the use of the executive ofiicers, those of the custom- 
house, post-office, police, telegraph operators, etc. These 
buildings are to be connected by a spacious veranda, so 
that in passing between the neighboring buildings and the 
d6p6t one need not at any time go from under cover. 

Jury Pavilion. Facing the entrance, and on the boulevard 
which runs at the back of the Main and Machinery buildings, 
is the Jury Pavilion, an ornate two-story structure, which 
contains, besides the numerous smaller chambers appropriated 
to the deliberations of the international juries, a spacious 
hall suitable for receptions and banquets, the meetings of 
conventions and international congresses, and similar pur- 
poses. 

The Women's Exhibition building. Next in the rear of this 
will be the building, an acre in size, which is to accommodate 
the Women's Exhibition, a tasteful and commodious structure, 
erected at a cost of $30,000 by the subscriptions of the women 
of America. 

United States government building. West of this, and on 
the lower slope of George's Hill, will be another structure, 
rivalling some of the exhibition buildings in size and interest. 
This is to contain the collection, provided for by an executive 
order of the President, of " such articles and materials as will, 
when presented in a collective exhibition, illustrate the func- 
tions and administrative faculties of the government in time 
of peace, and its resources as a war power, and thereby serve 
to demonstrate the nature of our institutions, and their adap- 
tation to the wants of the people." The last Congress provided 
for the expenses of this exhibition by an appropriation of 
$505,000, and its preparation has been entrusted to officers 
representing the War, Treasury, Navy, Interior, Post-Office, 
and Agricultural Departments, and the Smithsonian Institute. 
State buildings. In addition to these exhibition buildings, 
special structures have been put up by Pennsylvania, New Jer- 
sey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and other States. 



390 MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, ETC. 

Restaurants, Refreshments. There are also six large res- 
taurants within the enclosure, besides from two to four 
buffets in each of the Exhibition buildings, and eight or ten 
outdoor pavilions for the sale of aerated waters. 

Special trade buildings. The photographers, carriage- 
builders and a number of other associations and individual 
exhibitors will find accommodations in buildings for their 
peculiar use. 

Foreign government buildings. Many foreign nations erect 
special buildings for their own use. Arrangements to this 
effect have been completed by England, Japan, Germany, 
Sweden, Turkey and Morocco, and other countries. 

Sawyer's Observatory. Upon the highest ground in the 
Park at Belmont, a short distance north of Agricultural Hall, 
there has been erected an observatory 150 feet in height. 
This overlooks all the buildings, and affords a fine view of 
the Exhibition grounds, the city and its environs. This 
structure is an ornamental column of iron, and visitors are 
taken to the top on an elevator car. 

The Grounds. — Water Drainage. The plan of the grounds 
embraces seven miles of roads and foot-walks, all of them of 
substantial character, quite a number of bridges, summer- 
houses, etc. An ample water-supply is provided. There is a 
complete system of mains and drains, and the Exhibition, in 
addition to being able to draw from the George's Hill city 
reservoir, which is just outside the enclosure and has 
40,000,000 gallons capacity, has an independent source of 
supply on the Schuylkill River, pumping-engines being 
placed there especially for the Exhibition which have a 
daily capacity of 6,000,000 gallons. 



MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, ETC. 

The World's Ticket and Inquiry Office stands on the 
triangular piece of ground immediately in front of the 
lake and adjoining the main entrance to Machinery Hall, 
in the Exhibition Grounds. 

The building is quite handsome in its outward appearance, 
while its interior combines a large central room, sixty feet 
in diameter, used for the purpose of issuing Tourist Tickets, 
the sale of Guide-books and for the display of oli^e-wood 
ornaments from Palestine. 

The concession for the erection of this building has been 
granted by the Centennial Commission to Messrs. Cook, Son, 
& Jenkins, the world-renowned Tourist and Excursion Man- 
agers, who have also received from the Duke of Eichmond, 
Lord-President of the Council, the appointment as General 
Passenger Agents to the British section of the International 
Exhibition; and in pursuance of this appointment this 
building has been erected. 

To our European readers, Messrs. Cook, Son, & Jenkins 
need no introduction, as the system established by their 
senior so many years ago, known as " Cook's Tours," is as 
familiar as household words. And we only need say to our 
reader from abroad that the system of Tours and Excursions 
which this firm have arranged, in the United States and 
Canada, is almost as extensive as those they show in their 
European connection. 

For the benefit of our American readers we desire to say, 
that this firm are the originators of the present system of 
Tours and Excursions in operation in the world ; and for a 
period of nearly forty years they have been teaching the 
people of the world how to travel cheaply, pleasantly and 
without trouble. They issue their own tickets over all the 
principal railways and steamboats through the civilized 
world ; and the number of passengers who have traveled by 
means of the facilities prepared by this firm now number 
millions. 

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MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, ETC. 

They have had an official connection with really all the 
great Expositions the world has seen, commencing with 
London, in 1851, to which Exhibition, by their own eflforts, 
they brought over forty thousand visitors. The last connec- 
tion held of the kind was at Vienna, in 1873, where their 
Tourist Pavilion was one of the "comforts" to the old as 
well as the new traveler. 

The present building contains two hundred and fifty feet 
in length of ticket cases ; and here are congregated together 
such an array of railway and steamboat traveling tickets as 
the world never before saw in one collection. 

Besides all the Local, Through, Coupon and Excursion 
Tickets of the Pennsylvania Central, the Philadelphia, Wil- 
mington and Baltimore, the Beading and the North Penn- 
sylvania Eailroads, there can be found the Tourist Ticket 
issued by the firm over all the leading lines of railway m the 
United States and Canada, as well as for Ireland, Scotland, 
England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, 
Germany, Austria, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, 
Algiers, Sicily, France, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, &c., as 
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CHAPTER XXXI. 

SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

{See index for further reference to places spoken of.) 

WHEN a traveller finds himself for the first time in a 
strange city with time to spare and disposition to make 
the most of it, the question naturally rises in his own mind, 
Where shall I go in order to spend my leisure-hours with the 
best advantage? Those who come in the Centennial year 
wdll, of course, turn their attention in the first place to the 
exhibition, and they will devote some time to the beauties of 
Fairmount Park. After that, if they have one, two, three or 
more days to spare, they may desire to know how the time can 
be spent to the best advantage. After all, this must be a matter 
of taste, only to be settled by individual preferences. Some 
may desire to make their investigations almost entirely in a 
certain direction, others will take an opposite course, and 
yet others will endeavor to make proper selections so as to 
save time. This publication gives full information upon 
almost every subject connected with municipal affairs, and 
upon institutions of every kind, so that all tastes may be 
suited. We suggest in this place objects of attraction which 
will be worthy the attention of strangers, and wdth which 
they may make themselves acquainted in the course of a few 
days. 

FIRST DAY. 
The stranger may be placed at the intersection of Broad 
and Market streets, in front of the Municipal Buildings, say 
about nine o'clock of a fine morning. South of him he will 
see the north end of the United States Mint. By walking 
down a square to Chestnut street he will find the entrance to 
that building, which will afford him instruction and interest 

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by an inspection of the interior, and will take up, say, an hour 
of time. Leaving that building, he may return to Broad street. 
Passing upon the western side the Third National Bank, at the 
corner of Market street, if he looks west he will see the large 
freight dep6ts of the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company, at Fif- 
teenth street, and the buildings, depot and offices of Adams 
Express Company, at Sixteenth street. A few feet farther on- 
ward on his course northward will bring him to the corner of 
Filbert street, where he will observe the School of Design for 
Women, an institution of merit and usefulness. An hour may 
be spent there. Proceeding down Filbert street, the grand 
Masonic Temple fronts him at the north-east corner of 
Broad street. Eeference by means of the index to the ac- 
count of that building will inform him when and how he can 
obtain admission. An hour may be spent here. Leaving 
the temple and proceeding on, as he turns his face northward 
he will observe on his right hand, nearly adjoining the temple, 
the beautiful white marble building of the Arch Street M. E. 
church, whilst opposite, at the respective corners of Arch 
street, are in strong contrast the greenstone and brownstone 
churches of the Holy Communion (Lutheran) and First Bap- 
tist. A little farther up, on the left hand, will be found the 
Academy of Fine Arts, with its splendid collection of pic- 
tures, statuary, etc. Hours may be spent here with pleasure 
and advantage ; but if we allow our stranger two hours to 
look through the collection in a hurried manner, we shall be 
able to conduct him back to Broad and Market streets, and dis- 
miss him to seek his hotel, which he may reach by railroad car 
or otherwise as suits him best. It is now two o'clock. An hour 
will be allowed him to dine, and at three o'clock precisely 
he starts again from Broad and Market, with an afternoon 
before him of three or four hours of daylight if the time 
should be summer. Where will he go ? Shall it be to the 
Academy of Natural Sciences or the Zoological Gardens? 
He may have his choice and take up the whole of the after- 
noon at either, but we cannot expect to crowd the sight-seeing 
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emy of Natural Sciences. The distance is not great, and we 
will walk. We will go by way of Chestnut street. As we 
go down Broad we pass the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, 
which adjoins the Mint. From Broad and Chestnut we 
observe south of us, on our right hand, the lofty front of the 
La Pierre House, next to it, quite as high, the old Academy 
of Natural Sciences, and on the south-west corner of Sansom 
street the stately and comfortable Union League house. Far- 
ther down, not more than two squares, are the Academy of 
Music and Horticultural Hall adjoining, whilst Beth Eden 
church looms up in solemn contrast at the corner. On the 
left hand we have not so many objects of interest. The 
brownstone front of Chambers' Presbyterian church, at San- 
som street, is nearest, but below upon that side is no building 
of a public character until the towers of the First Reformed 
Presbyterian church stand out in prominence below Spruce 
street. Farther down the stranger whose sight is good may 
notice the front of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Pine 
street and several handsome mansions beyond, and a United 
Presbyterian church at Lombard street, and on the left hand 
St. Theresa's Poman Catholic church at Christian street, the 
solid walls of the Rush Library immediately below, whilst 
the semi-circular cornice on the front of the Baltimore depot 
closes up the view. We will now go out Chestnut street. On 
our left hand we soon come to the massive buildings of the 
Baptist Publication Society, beyond which, yet more lofty and 
imposing, is the Hall of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion. Oj)posite this, on Fifteenth street, and extending along 
Chestnut street, is the lofty Colonnade Hotel, A little far- 
ther on is the Reform Club-House. On the right hand, at the 
corner of Fifteenth street, the church of the Epiphany will 
arrest attention, and on the same side, at Eighteenth street, 
is the hall of the Philadelphia Institute, and just beyond 
the Tabernacle Baptist church, with its tall brown steeple 
and clock. Beyond is a succession of mansions of marble, 
brownstone and brick, some of them particularly large and 
costly. The eye may discern the tower of the Rink, at the 



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north-west corner of Twenty-third and Chestnut streets, 
whilst beyond is the rise of the elegant bridge which here 
crosses the Schuylkill. Our route is now north. We shall 
go by way of Eighteenth by preference. At the corner of Mar- 
ket street we will halt two or three minutes and look westward. 
From this point to the Schuylkill is a series of shops, ware- 
houses and manufactories, finished up with the gasometers and 
buildings of the Gas-Works at the river. We will now go on. 
On our left, at Filbert street, is the Fourth Presbyterian Re- 
formed church. At Arch street is the elegant building of the 
West Arch Street Presbyterian church. At Race street we turn 
west. Looking up Eighteenth street, we observe the seminary 
buildings at the corner of Race street, the grand front of the 
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the 
archbishop's palace, immediately north of it. The fine enclo- 
sure on our right hand is Logan square. On our left, as we 
go toward the Schuylkill, is Wills Hospital for the Blind. 
At Nineteenth street is the new building of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences. Here we pay a small admission fee and 
enter, and we may be sure the rest of the afternoon will be 
well spent in reviewing the immense collection of curiosities 
which the society possesses. 

The evening we may devote, if we choose, to lecture-rooms, 
to concerts, the opera or the theatre, as the case may be, 
or attend some public meeting of a religious or moral cha- 
racter. 

Perhaps we decide to spend the afternoon at the Zoological 
Gardens rather than in the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 
that case we must take the cars. We will simply walk from 
our station at Broad and Market up the street to Arch street, 
and taking a western-bound car go over a route which offers no 
subject for particular remark until we reach the east end of the 
Callowhill street or Spring Garden street bridge, at the old en- 
trance to Fairmount Water- Works. The car stops here, but 
the conductor gives us a pass, armed with which we mount the 
terraces adjoining until we reach the upper floor of the bridge. 
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SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 395 

we pass over the top of the bridge. The view here is inter- 
esting from either side. North of us is the Schuylkill, with 
the water tumbling over the dam. Eight and left of us on 
the banks is Fairmount Park. The old Water- Works are on 
our right, the boat-houses and the heights of Lemon Hill 
beyond. On the left are the locks and office of the Schuylkill 
Navigation Company, and beyond that we may perceive the 
river shore immediately in front of our destination, the Zo- 
ological Gardens. Looking southward, we have something 
like a panoramic view of the old city and of West Philadel- 
phia. On the right are the immense derricks and machinery 
of the dep6t of the Eeading Eailroad, Iron and Coal Com- 
pany. Adjoining are the abattoir and stock-yards, and farther 
on is the great grain warehouse of the Pennsylvania Eailroad 
Company. On the left hand there are wharves and docks, and 
the Gas- Works beyond. The river is crowded with canal- 
boats, and there are signs of great activity. But the car car- 
ries us away from these scenes. We proceed along Spring 
Garden street. The sidewalks are shaded with large trees. 
The houses stand back from the street, and are surrounded 
with flowers and shrubbery. At the intersection of the road 
leading to the Zoological Gardens the driver informs us of 
the fact. He gives us a pass. The little car conveys us past 
the old standpipe of the West Philadelphia Water- Works. 
We soon reach the gardens, and once within the enclosure can 
take our time in studying the wonders of animated nature. 
We may return the way we came, except that we will go down 
Haverford street, cross the lower floor of the bridge, and leave 
the car at the east end of that structure. The conductor will 
give us a pass for the Arch street car, standing near by. Our 
route will be by way of Piddle, St. Francis's Eoman Catholic 
church, on the right hand, to Spring Garden street, and thence 
east. We find this to be the widest street in the city, exceed- 
ing the width of Broad street by seven feet. On the right 
hand, at Twenty-second street, we pass the Fairmount Market; 
at Twentieth street, on the left hand, is the brownstone Spring 
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396 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

the left hand, is the Fifth Baptist brownstone church, with its 
peculiar steeple. The greenstone walls of the Girls' Normal 
School are immediately beyond; and looking down Spring 
Garden street, the high walls of the Spring Garden Institute, 
at Broad street, are in front of us. The car turns and goes 
down Twentieth street. We pass, on our right, the Logan 
Square Presbyterian church at Vine street, and the Protestant 
Episcopal church of St. Clement's at Cherry street, thence to 
Arch street and Broad, where we are near our starting-point. 
There are other routes from the Garden. Passing out of the 
north entrance, the steamboat wharf is near, and we may take 
a short trip down the river and land at Old Fairmount. Here 
we will walk over, passing the Lincoln Monument, and take 
the Fairmount avenue car, purchasing an exchange ticket for 
this particular trip. We will observe at Twenty-second street, 
on our left hand, the frowning portals of the Penitentiary. 
On Twenty-second below Fairmount avenue is the church and 
school of Olivet Presbyterian congregation. At Green street 
we turn. Our route is past fine dwelling-houses ; on our left is 
Alexander Presbyterian church at Nineteenth street, and Cen- 
tral at Eighteenth street ; Christ Eeformed church is on our 
right at Fifteenth street. In front of us, when we reach Broad 
street, are the synagogue Eodef Shalom, the towering walls 
and spire of the Broad Street Presbyterian church, south of it 
the building of the Boys' High School, and next to it the New 
Jerusalem church. At Thirteenth street we change cars. 
The remainder of the route is not very interesting. On our 
right hand, at Callowhill street, is the Beading Railroad d^pot: 
below Vine street is Nazareth Methodist Episcopal church ; 
at the corner of Arch street is St. George's Hall. At Market 
street we leave and walk to Broad street, our starting-point, 
passing on the left hand the old railroad d6p6t, lately conse- 
crated to the evangelizing labors of Moody and Sankey. 

We may take another route. Passing out of the northern 
entrance-lodge of the " Zoo," we cross the magnificent Girard 
avenue bridge, thence through the Park to the cars, which are 
at the avenue entrance, a short distance from us. We buy an 



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exchange ticket. We rapidly approach the enclosure of Girard 
College, which is half a mile in breadth. We make a little detour 
to avoid it ; and when we come upon South College avenue, 
the buildings and grounds are on our left hand. At Twenty- 
fourth street is the Foster Home, and immediately opposite, 
on the same street, the high and forbidding walls which enclose 
the House of Refuge. The mound which rises south of us is 
the Corinthian avenue reservoir. At Corinthian avenue we 
pass the German Hospital, on our right. At the corner of 
Eighteenth street, on our left, is St. Matthew's Protestant Epis- 
copal church, with its fine Sunday-school building. On the 
right, extending from Sixteenth to Seventeenth street, is 
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic hospital. Opposite is Green 
Hill Presbyterian church, with its handsome spire. On the 
left, at Seventeenth street, is the new stone Friends' meeting- 
house. As we cross Broad street, looking northward we see 
the gables of the Memorial Baptist church and the tower and 
spires of the Incarnation Protestant Episcopal and Oxford 
Presbyterian churches. Immediately in front of us, upon a 
railed enclosure in the middle of the street, is the Soldiers' 
Monument, erected by the artillery corps Washington Grays 
to the memory of their comrades killed during the Rebellion. 
At Thirteenth street we change cars and proceed southward, 
passing below Green street the buildings on Tliirteenth street 
described in the preceding paragraph. 

SECOND DAY. 
We will now devote some of our spare hours to objects of 
historical interest. Starting from Broad and Market streets 
at nine o'clock, we will walk to Chestnut street and pass 
down that popular avenue, which, notwithstanding its nar- 
rowness and thronged condition, maintains its supremacy as 
the street for fashionable promenade. We find it to be in the 
western part built up with shops and stores, in which the 
most expensive goods are sold by retail. Here the fashion- 
able lady resorts for her laces, gloves, jewelry, dry goods and 
toilet articles. Almost everything which taste, refinement and 
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398 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

wealth covet can be bought on this street. We pass the Mint, 
which we visited yesterday. The Presbyterian Publication 
House is immediately opposite. Concert Hall and the Chestnut 
Street Theatre are on our left, between Twelfth and Thirteenth, 
the Sunday-school Union on the right, between Eleventh and 
Twelfth. Between Tenth and Eleventh streets is St. Stephen's 
Hotel. At the corner of Tenth street on our left looms up 
the magnificent edifice of the New York Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company. On our left, at Ninth street, is the high fence 
enclosing the ground upon which the new post-ofllce is to be 
built. Immediately beyond we enter a deep valley on each 
side of which tower the mountainous walls of the Continental 
Hotel and the Girard House. On our left, below Eighth street, 
is the old Masonic Hall ; Guy's Hotel is on the same side, at 
Seventh street ; the Ledger building on the right hand, at 
Sixth street. Here we are near Independence Hall. We 
pass the old court-house building and ofiices ; and stopping to 
admire the elegant marble statue of Washington by Bailey, 
we enter the broad doorway. The apartment at our left is 
Independence Hall, on the right the National Museum. The 
" Liberty Bell " is in the hall of the tower. Here we may 
remain for a couple of hours, and finish ofi' by climbing to the 
top of the steeple and taking a view of the billows of roofs 
which rise and fall on every side of us. Tickets to enter the 
steeple are furnished by the superintendent of the hall at his 
desk. Having performed this duty, we may take a look at 
the State-House yard, which was once better shaded and more 
beautiful than it is now. It has fallen a victim to a tasteless 
and expensive spirit of alteration. We will go out into Chest- 
nut street. Our route is toward the Delaware Eiver. The 
American Hotel is immediately opposite as we descend the 
State-House steps. On our left, at Fifth street, we note a 
range of very elegant structures extending to Fourth street. 
In fact, this square contains the handsomest collection of 
noble buildings to be found in the city. They include the 
grand edifice occupied by the People's Bank, the building of 
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Mechanics' Bank, of white marble, adjoining, Pennsylvania 
Bank, of solid granite, and the Philadelphia Trust and Safe 
Deposit Company. A few steps on our right hand bring us 
to the Post-Office, and beyond the grand front of the Custom- 
house opens to sight. Still farther on is the double building 
of marble occupied partially by the Commonwealth and the 
Western Banks. At Fourth street, looking south, we may 
perceive on our right hand the ponderous building of the 
Provident Life and Trust Company, on the left the Central 
National Bank, and below the lofty brownstone office building 
of the Reading Railroad, and the equally splendid edifice of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad adjoining. "We have a little farther to 
go on Chestnut street. On our left hand is the chaste marble 
front of the Fidelity Trust Company building. On our right we 
stop at the corner of a small court from which rises a remark- 
ably curious-looking structure. It is the Moorish building of 
the Guarantee Trust Company. We are not going to pass it. 
In fact, we are going down this small court and will enter the 
plain-looking brick building which stands beyond and seems 
as if it might be devoted to some very quiet purpose, its front 
and cupola being so old-fashioned. We need not hesitate, 
however. Greater and more patriotic persons than we are 
have walked up and down this court. This is Carpenters' 
Hall, and here, one fine morning in the autumn of 1774; 
assembled the delegates representing the American colonies 
to consult upon measures of mutual action and defence which 
might be necessary. The hall is restored, as nearly as can be. 
to its ancient appearance. There are interesting relics on the 
walls, and a handsomely fitted up library in the second story. 
We may look at these things with interest, and consider how 
much our country owes to the men who once assembled here, 
and after having gratified our historical memories and endeav- 
oring to people the place with the Adamses, Lees, Randolph, 
Dickinson, Washington and Henry of the past, we wall pro- 
ceed. Going down Chestnut street, on the left hand, nearly 
opposite Carpenters' court, is the elegant granite building of 
the F^rst National Bank. The brownstone front of the Bank 



400 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

of North America is seen farther on on the same side. On 
the right we pass the Commercial Bank, the Union Banking 
building, and reach Third street. We may stop and look up 
and down. It is the great financial mart, in which bankers, 
brokers and speculators are busy. North of us, on the east side, 
we may perceive the granite front of the Manufacturers' Bank, 
above Market street, and the sandstone round-cornered build- 
ing of the Union National Bank, at Arch street. On the west 
side, between Market and Chestnut, is the Mechanics' Na- 
tional Bank. Looking south, on the east side, we note the 
front of the Tradesmen's Bank and the western front of the 
Exchange, at Third and Walnut streets. On the west side 
are newspaper offices. The fine portico of the Girard Na- 
tional Bank attracts us, and below Walnut street we may see 
the lofty front of the Lehigh Valley Eailroad Company 
building. Let us proceed. This tremendous granite build- 
ing on the right hand was erected by the late Dr. David 
Jayne for business purposes. It is considerably over one 
hundred feet high, and is the tallest building in the city. 
Wholesale stores occupy this part of the street. At Second 
street is the Corn Exchange Bank. We intend to go a little 
farther. We shall not go so far as Front street. This nar- 
row street which we are now treading, going in a northward 
direction, is called Letitia street. We cross a small intersect- 
ing alley, and on our left hand, near Market street, at the 
intersection of another court or alley, which runs toward Sec- 
ond street, we find the house for which we are looking. It is 
William Penn's house, finished in 1682-3, the first brick dwell- 
ing built in the city and the oldest building standing in Penn- 
sylvania. It was our State-house for many years, for here the 
governors and colonial councils met frequently. The secretary 
of the governor, James Logan, had his office here for a long 
time. We may enter, if we choose, if thirsty and not teetotal 
in our determination ; for this is a place where they sell beer. 
It seems to be a base transformation, but the present owner of 
the house probably does not^hink so. The stranger should 
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the court, and is not the William Penn Hotel, next door. 
We leave this ancient relic and go to Market street. A few 
steps farther toward the river brings us to another object of 
curiosity. It is the Old London Coffee-house, at the south- 
west corner of Front street. The gables upon the two streets 
present, in contrast to our present style of building, a quaint 
and picturesque appearance. It is now dinner-time, and we 
may return to our hotel. The station of the Market street 
and of the Union passenger railway cars is immediately 
before us. To reach our starting-place we have only to get 
into one of the former. We find Market street devoted 
entirely to business. Stores! stores! stores! Wholesale 
principally, some retail. The Seventh National Bank is at 
the corner of Fourth street. The Bingham House at the 
south-east corner of Eleventh street. On our right, near 
Twelfth street, is the magnificent Farmers' Market. There 
was only one building entirely used as a dwelling-house be- 
tween the Delaware and Schuylkill on this street at the be- 
ginning of 1874. 

What shall we do after dinner ? We might go as far as the 
Penn Monument and find that the game was not worth the 
candle. We might visit the battle-ground at Germantown 
or at Red Bank, but these are trips which should be made in the 
morning. As we are given to antiquities to-day, we will visit 
the Pennsylvania Hospital, Christ church and Swedes' church. 
From Broad and Market streets we will take the object most 
north-east ; and as we have travelled along Market street so 
recently, let us take the cars at Broad and Arch streets. St. 
George's Hall we passed yesterday. On the left hand, near 
Tenth street, is Simmons & Slocum's Opera-house, and im- 
mediately opposite is the Arch Street Presbyterian church, 
with its fine wooden steeple. Keeping on, we pass, on the 
left, at Ninth street. Wood's Museum, St. Cloud Hotel, near 
Seventh street. Arch Street Theatre, near Sixth, Free Qua- 
kers' meeting-house, now Apprentices' Library, on the right, 
at the corner of Fifth street. Here is Christ church burial- 
ground. The section of the brick wall which has been removed 
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and replaced by an iron railing is immediately in front of 
the tomb of Benjamin Franklin and bis wife, wbieb adjoins 
the wall. We can see it plainly and read the lettering as we 
stand there. Farther, on the right hand, between Third and 
Fourth streets, is the Quakers' meeting-house, and opposite 
is the St. Elmo Hotel. We reach Second street, turn south, 
and here we are at the noble old-fashioned building of Christ 
church. We will find the gateway open on Second street. 
There are afternoon services throughout the week. We can 
see the interior, and thence pass out into the crypt, where the 
tombs of Bishop White, Eobert Morris and Thomas Willing 
are. We may even go into the tower and look at the curiosi- 
ties there. 

Out again into the streets. Our judicious course is to get 
into a Second street car, one which goes over the south route. 
This is the street of retail shops. They are set side by side, 
and stretch for miles. It is wonderful, with so much to sell, 
that there could be found enough people to buy, and yet these 
shops are kept open year after year. The proprietors carry on 
business, obtain reputation for wealth and retire, and others 
take their places. On the left, before we reach Walnut street, 
is the solid brick edifice of the Commercial Exchange, and op- 
posite, yet more solid, is the United States appraisers' building. 
At Pine street we find that the street divides and runs upon 
each side of a market. A brick building with an archway run- 
ning entirely through the first story in the middle of the street, 
with pediment, cupola and bell, is a landmark, and can be 
seen from a great distance. It was considered a great im- 
provement when built, and was called New Market Hall. 
On the right, below South street, is the Southwark bank. 
On the left, north of Catharine street, the Third Baptist 
church stands back from the thoroughfare. Near Christian 
street is the old Southwark Commissioners' Hall, venerable 
for past uses. At Christian street we will alight and walk 
toward the river, pass Front street and reach Swanson street. 
We turn south and arrive at Swedes' church ; and it seems 
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place. It is surrounded by the bustle and excitement of com- 
mercial traffic. North of it but a few squares the Franklin 
sugar refinery rises far above other buildings. Immediately 
opposite is the freight-yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company. A little below are the docks of the American 
Steamship Company and the great grain elevator. Only a short 
time since the ship-houses of the Navy Yard closed up the 
view, but they have been removed. There is noise and excite- 
ment everywhere, except in this quiet little graveyard, in 
which sleep the relics of the people who inhabited these 
shores two hundred years ago, even before Penn came. There 
are old tombstones here dating early in the last century. The 
church itself is interesting. The contrast between the quiet 
within and the hum of busy life without is remarkable. We 
leave the premises. We shall walk down to the Navy Yard 
gate, on Front street, where we enter the cars of the Union 
passenger railway company. Our route is by way of Whar- 
ton street west to Ninth . There is nothing of much interest 
on the road until we reach Ninth and Pine streets, where we 
alight ; for this is the hospital ground. We walk to Eighth 
street, and up the latter to the entrance gate. The building 
itself will occupy two or three hours of our time. When we 
are ready to leave, it is night. Back to our hotel or to our 
starting-place as we choose ; the ways are many. 

THIRD DAY. 
We shall devote this opportunity to prisons and reforma- 
tory institutions. Our first point is the House of Correction. 
Our easiest course from Broad and Market streets is to take 
the car to the New York d6p5t, west of the Schuylkill River. 
We buy our ticket for Holmesburg. Under the swift guidance 
of steam, we pass rapidly out of the intricacy of tracks which 
interlace at the depot. Into the Park, over the connecting rail- 
road bridge, with cheerful views of the Schuylkill, and across 
the country. We pass on our right Glenwood and Odd Fel- 
lows' cemeteries; on our left, at Second street, the New 
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404 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

part of Frankford, and ran east of it until we arrive at the 
Holmesburg station, from which we walk a quarter mile, until 
we reach the great pile of buildings near the river. Two or 
three hours may be spent with advantage at this place. Back 
again to the railroad station. The train carries us this time 
to the Kensington d6p5t, instead of that in West Philadel- 
phia. As we near the city we cross at intersection the Bead- 
ing Eailroad, and east of us we may see the masts of the ves- 
sels lying at the great coal-wharves at Port Richmond. ^ At 
the Kensington depot we take the cars of the Fifth and Sixth 
streets passenger railway company. They carry us on Berks 
street to Sixth, past the North Pennsylvania Railroad depot, 
and then south. Upon Sixth street, on our left hand near 
Brown, is the solid-looking building of the Reformed Hebrew 
organization (Keneseth Israel). On the right hand, at Fair- 
mount avenue, is the Wyoming school-house, and below, near 
Green street, the Saracenic front of the North Presbyterian 
church attracts observation. At Spring Garden street is the 
solid granite building of the Northern Safe Deposit Company. 
At Noble street a substantial Quaker meeting-house gravely 
stands on our right. At Vine street, on the right hand, is the 
Penn National Bank. The next block is occupied by Frank- 
lin square. Odd Fellows' Hall is on the right, a square below. 
Between Market and Arch the City Bank's brownstone front 
must be looked at. Below Chestnut street, we pass Independ- 
ence square on the left, and reach Washington square on the 
right. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic church is on the right at 
the corner of Spruce street. Thence the route is through a 
dreary district, penetrating a section where poverty and vice 
huddle together. We get out of the car at Reed street, walk 
four squares west, and reach the front entrance of the county 
prison. From two to three hours may be spent here with ad- 
vantage. It is now dinner-time. Home by the cars, Tenth 
and Eleventh streets line, which we find at the corner of the 
prison. Our course does not take us in front of any building 
of consequence between the prison and Chestnut street. North 
of the latter, on the right hand, are Eleventh Street Opera- 



SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 405 

house and the Bingham House. At Market street, if we need, 
we can go west to Broad street. If not, company will dismiss 
until after dinner. 

The penitentiary is the object of our afternoon visit. To 
reach it we walk to Fifteenth and Market streets, buy an ex- 
change ticket and take our seats in a car going northward. 
We soon enter a region of great factories, machine-shops and 
forges, which lies between Callowhill and Spring Garden 
streets. At Fairmount avenue we change cars and go west. 
There is no building of importance along our route until we 
reach the penitentiary, the gloomy portcullis of which seems 
to fall behind us as we enter, and whi^h reminds us of the in 
scription made famous by Dante : 

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." 

We leave these gloomy scenes. As we are in the neighbor- 
hood, we walk to Twenty-third and Brown streets, where the 
Northern Home for Friendless Children is worthy of our at- 
tention, and where we can see what good, charity can bestow 
in education and training, upon helpless youth. The Girard 
College is so near that we may as well avail ourselves of the 
opportunity of a visit; or if we so choose, we may contrast 
what we saw yesterday in the oldest hospital in the country 
— the Pennsylvania — with the German, among the newest. 
We have a ticket of admission to the college ; and as we do 
not look like clergymen, there will be no difficulty about our 
entrance. Our return route is by Seventeenth street, which 
we can reach by walking or by car. There is little of interest 
on this route after we leave Girard avenue. Germania Hall 
and Market, at Seventeenth and Poplar streets, is on our left. 
The church of Atonement, corner of Summer street, below 
Vine, on our left, the Second Presbyterian Reformed, below 
Race street, on our right, and opposite, the high brick wall 
which shuts out everything is Friends' burying-ground, a 
peaceful enclosure in which the grass grows green and no 
tombstone suggests that what was once human is mouldering 
beneath. On the right, at the corner of Filbert street, is the 



406 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

First Presbyterian Eeformed church, and near by, on the other 
side of Filbert street, is the Protestant Episcopal church of 
the Covenant. At Jones street the Western Market comes 
out to Seventeenth street. It is a small distance to Broad 
street, and there we close the interest of the day. 

FOURTH DAY. 
As yet we have paid no attention to the cemeteries of the 
city. We have no time to visit all of them. Laurel Hill will 
occupy our morning and Woodlands our afternoon to-day. 
Our route is by the Eidge avenue cars. We can reach them 
by way of Fifteenth strco., to which we walk from our starting- 
place at Broad and Market. Here, on entering the car, we 
purchase an exchange ticket. Fifteenth street strikes Eidge 
avenue at Brown street. As we change cars and look down 
the avenue we will observe the fine large Lincoln Market 
building at the corner of Fairmount avenue, and before us, 
toward the east, the sombre front of the Broad Street Bap- 
tist church, with its neat spire. Eidge avenue is one of the 
few "catercornered" streets which we have in Philadelphia. 
It commences at Ninth and Vine streets, runs north-west all 
the way, and crosses, before it passes Laurel Hill, all the streets 
as far as Thirty-fifth street. It also passes twenty-three prin- 
cipal streets running east and west. It is a short cut running 
across the north-western part of the city, and is thronged in 
consequence. It is a street of shops, which stretch along it 
with scarcely an interruption from Vine street to Columbia 
avenue, and are ready to march out to Manayunk with little 
delay. There are no public buildings of any great extent 
upon this street, but we notice some at the intersecting streets. 
On our left hand, below Girard avenue, we pass the new 
Eidge Avenue Market and Hotel. On the same side shortly 
afterward we notice the high stone wall of Girard College, 
along which we pass for a quarter of a mile. At North 
College avenue, if we look toward the Schuylkill, we will see 
the handsome buildings of the Woman's Medical College and 
Woman's Hospital. Above Columbia avenue, on our right, is 



SIX DAYS IN PHIT.ADELPHIA. 407 

the Penn TownsMp Odd Fellows' Hall. At Islington lane, 
on the right, we reach Glenwood Cemetery, the Odd Fellows' 
and Mechanics' Cemeteries adjoining on the east. Shortly 
after passing this enclosure the East Park comes in sight ; the 
reservoir looms up immediately in front. At Thirty-second 
street we reach the dep6t of tlie railway company, and here 
our passage-right on the original fare ends. If we wish to go 
farther, we must pay another fare. This is a matter of choice. 
It is but a short walk of three or four squares to the south 
entrance of Laurel Hill. Before we reach it we are at the 
Park boundary. The mansion nearest is Woodford, in which 
the Park superintendent resides. A little beyond, nearer the 
Schuylkill, and shaded by magnificent old trees, is Strawberry 
Mansion, one of the Park restaurants. This is the gate of 
South Laurel Hill. Let us enter. We will be struck by the 
elegance of the enclosure, the riches of flowers and shrubbery, 
and will perhaps be lost in the wilderness of monumental 
marble and granite which encompasses us. If we have time, 
we may iaspect Mount Vernon Cemetery, opposite, Mount 
Peace, adjoining, and the interesting building and grave- 
yard of the church of St. James the Less. We may return 
by the Schuylkill River steamboat, which we will reach by the 
lane which divides Central from North Laurel Hill and leads 
to the Schuylkill ; or re-entering the Park and passing Straw- 
berry Mansion, lingering for a few moments on the brow of 
the precipice, we may enjoy the view of the river north of 
us, showing the railroad Falls bridge, the falls and the dis- 
tant steeples and chimneys of Manayunk. Immediately op- 
posite, on the west side of the river, the heights of Chamouni 
rise before us, and the view down the stream, showing the Bel- 
mont bridge, with glimpses of Memorial Hall, is charming. 
The steamboat will take us through the water-way of the 
Park, past Edgely and Rockland on our left hand, and Cham- 
ouni, Ridgeland and Belmont on our right. Passing under 
the railroad bridge, we notice on our right Belmont Water- 
Works, and the Centennial Water- Works a short distance be- 
low. We soon pass on the right the deep and romantic open- 



408 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

ings of Belmont Valley, Lansdowne Glen and Sweet-Brier 
Vale. The Centennial Buildings rise before us all along. 
Shooting under the connecting railroad and Girard avenue 
bridges, we pass the Zoological Gardens on our right; the Park 
is on our left hand all the way. We reach and pass the boat- 
houses; land, walk through the water-works buildings and 
galleries, and at the entrance to the bridge take the Arch street 
car, from which we land at Broad and Arch streets. 

In the afternoon, walking south on Broad street to Walnut, 
we wait for a car of that line which belongs to the Mount 
Moriah and Darby branch. Our route is out Walnut street, 
passing the mansions of the rich and fashionable, which are 
of brick, granite, brownstone, sandstone and marble. On 
our left hand, at Eighteenth street, extending to Nineteenth, 
is Eittenhouse square. Two large and unique fountains are 
near the entrances. At the south-west corner of Nineteenth 
is the brownstone church of the Holy Trinity, P. E. The 
large and heavy-looking brick building with high steps lead- 
ing to the front entrance which we notice a short distance 
south of the church is the Catholic academy of Notre Dame, 
devoted to the education of young ladies. At Twentieth 
street, looking south on the left side, we will observe the 
Western, once known as the Brickmakers', M. E. Church, 
and on the west side the Roman Catholic church of St. 
Patrick. On our left hand, at the corner of Twenty-first 
street, is the fine and costly Second Presbyterian church- 
building. At Twenty-second street we turn north. St. James* 
Protestant Episcopal church is now on our left hand, and the 
House of the Good Shepherd on our right. At Chestnut 
street we again turn west. We pass the Rink and cross the 
handsome bridge. South of us is the South street bridge, 
while the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge is in sight. The 
wharves and the shipping, the steeples and towers in the dis- 
tance, give interest to the view. On our left, at Thirty-first 
street, is the dep6t of the West Chester and Philadelphia 
Railroad Company ; and from this, if we choose, a walk of a 
square north would bring us to the d6p6t of the Pennsyl- 



SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 



409 



vania Eailroad. But we are going onward. At Thirty-third 
street we reach the Darby road, called here Woodland avenue. 
The group of magnificent buildings on our left, which we are 
approaching, are the University of Pennsylvania, the Medical 
Department, west of the main building, and the University 
Hospital, south of it. Farther off, on the left, an immense 
pile of lofty buildings attracts our attention. It comprises 
the Blockley almshouse establishment, in which the city 
boards and lodges several thousand paupers and insane 
persons. At Thirty-ninth street we reach the front en- 
trance of Woodland Cemetery, and for some hours will 
engage in contemplating the City of the Dead. To return 
we walk to Chestnut street. We notice the elegance of the 
mansions in this part of the city. North and west of this 
are the finest portions of West Philadelphia. The buildings 
are tasteful and elegant. The sidewalks are deeply shaded 
with old trees. Every house has its garden-plot with flowers 
and shrubbery. We walk up Thirty-ninth street, and reach 
Chestnut. At Locust street, looking west, we observe the ele- 
gant front of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal church. At 
Walnut street we see the Walnut Street Presbyterian church. 
While we are waiting for a car we notice the tall steeple and 
church front on the north side of Chestnut street about a 
square west. It is the Berean Baptist church. On Thirty- 
eighth street, north of Chestnut is the Protestant Episcopal 
church of the Saviour. At Thirty-sixth street, on the right, 
is the brownstone church, with tower and spire, of the West 
Philadelphia Baptist congregation. At Thirty-third street we 
again strike our former route, and proceed to Broad and Chest- 
nut streets. 

FIFTH DAY. 
We owe something to our country. Patriotism demands 
that we pay some attention to national establishments. The 
Mint we have visited ; the Post-Office detains us but a few 
moments ; we can walk through the Custom-House and the 
sub-Treasury office, the portions open to the public, without 



410 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

obstruction. The appraisers' office may be looked at if we are 
so inclined. The arsenals, Naval Asylum and Hospital and 
Navy Yard will give us occupation to-day. All these estab- 
lishments, except the Navy Yard at League Island, may be 
conveniently reached from our starting-point by railway cars ; 
but to-day we shall take a little more ease. We will secure a 
carriage and agree with the driver beforehand exactly what 
we are to pay, or pay him, according to the provisions of the 
city ordinance, by the hour. The Frankford arsenal lies north- 
east of our starting-point. We shall proceed for several miles 
through a thickly-built portion of the city, in which the build- 
ings are substantial, but not elegant, and where the dwelling- 
houses stand side by side in rows which seem endless, whilst 
in other portions of the town we will find shops and factories 
next door to stables and churches. Great industrial buildings 
loom up in gloomy solidity. Immense dep5ts and shops, and 
factories for every conceivable manufacture, wharves and yards 
and business enclosures, are on all sides. Our driver may take 
his own route, and we shall not attempt to describe it. Girard 
avenue will be a judicious route, say from Broad street. We 
will pass on our right, at Fifth street, St. Peter's Koman 
Catholic church. At Front street our course is no longer east 
and west, but tends to the north-east. We cross the Aramingo 
Creek at Norris street, reach Eichmond, and still press to the 
north-east, passing immense coal wharves, foundries, machines, 
docks, etc., out to Bridesburg and the arsenal. Back again, 
by way of Frankford and Kensington avenue, and to our hotel 
to dinner. 

In the afternoon our route will be south and south-west. 
Perhaps it will be judicious to go immediately from Broad 
iind Market streets, down Broad to League Island. There is 
nothing of interest after we pass the Baltimore Railroad d6- 
p5t. As citizens of a free and enlightened country the guard 
at the Navy Yard will admit us, and we may examine the 
great buildings and docks, and go aboard some of the mon- 
itors which are moored in the Back Channel and gloomily rise 
and fall with the tide. 



SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 411 

Back again. Up Broad street to Federal, and out the latter 
to Gray's Ferry road, and then north-east. These large build- 
ings on the left enclosed by a high brick wall are the Schuyl- 
kill Arsenal. We will be admitted and find it to be an im- 
mense clothing dep6t, but we will be pleased with the museum 
of uniforms and other curiosities in the establishment. Out 
again, we cross the tracks of the Pennsylvania Eailroad, get a 
nearer view of the bridge of that company, which crosses, the 
Schuylkill just here. A little farther beyond, on the left, the 
tall flagstaff rising in the centre of the ground, from which 
float the stars and stripes, and the spacious buildings beyond, 
assure us we have reached the United States Naval Asylum. 
Here there are many matters of interest to be looked at. The 
old pensioners are a quiet, respectable set of men. They are 
pleased to meet strangers, and are communicative. Adjoin- 
ing is the United States Naval Hospital. It is under capital 
superintendence, and kept scrupulously clean. A half hour 
or an hour may be spent here. And so out to the road, where 
our carriage is waiting, and home again. 

SIXTH DAY. 
The morning we will devote to literature, and look into the 
libraries. The nearest to our starting-place is the Mercan- 
tile, on Tenth street above Chestnut, opposite St. Stephen's 
church. We find the collection, which is the largest in the 
city, conveniently arranged in a very spacious apartment, and 
observe the comfort of the reading-room and other acces- 
sories. To-day we walk; our area is somewhat circum- 
scribed. Down Tenth street, passing on our right the build- 
ing of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company, the 
Assembly Building and Jefferson College, near Walnut street, 
Western Saving Fund, First Unitarian church, on the left at 
Locust street, we reach Spruce street. Eastward, down Spruce 
street. At the comer of Ninth street is a plain brick Quaker 
meeting-house. Adjoining is the old Jewish cemetery. On 
our right is the enclosure of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and 
in the centre of the square is the building we are about to 



412 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

enter. It is the hall of the Historical Society, and the most 
interesting place to visit among all the libraries in the city, 
because it not only possesses a great collection of books, but 
there are also paintings, portraits, views of old buildings and 
historical relics of various kinds, curious, and some of them 
of great value on account of the antique associations con- 
nected with them. There are some very important manu- 
scripts ; and taken all together, the visit will be gratifying to the 
stranger. We get through the examination. Along Spruce 
street we pursue our way, passing Holy Trinity Eoman Cath- 
olic church, at Sixth street, the Horace Binney school-house 
east of Sixth street, and turn up Fifth street. A little beyond 
the latter, on our right, is the Spruce Street Baptist church. 
Going northward, we pass, near Locust street, between the 
walls of St. Mary's Roman Catholic churchyard on one side 
and of Free Quakers' burying-ground on the other. Beyond 
Locust street, on our left, is the building in which the Survey 
Department of the city has its offices, St. Thomas' African 
Protestant Episcopal church and the City Solicitor's office. 
Thus we are brought by regular approaches to the corner of 
Walnut street. Proceeding northward, with Independence 
Square on our left hand, we pass the quaint, old-fashioned 
hall of the Philadelphia Dispensary, the handsome building 
once occupied by the Mercantile Library, and crossing Library 
street enter by high, old-fashioned steps the Philadelphia Li- 
brary. There are many ancient books and manuscripts here, 
the most valuable of which are displayed in a case near the 
door. There are old paintings, engravings, busts, and such an 
atmosphere of learning and literature permeates the hall and 
lingers among the alcoves that one feels here might the true 
scholar learn to live and die. 

Nearly opposite, the American Philosophical Society has its 
collection in the second story of a building. Here also are 
old books, old pictures, and in the small museum old curiosi- 
ties and plans of machinery. Among the latter is a model 
for a propelling power made by John Fitch when he was 
considering his steamboat schemes. As we are in no hurry, 



SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 413 

we will devote two or three hours to business and finance. 
The finest banking buildings are within a stone's throw of 
Fifth and Chestnut streets. We may enter such of them as 
attract our fancy, and notice particularly the great height of 
the ceilings, the elegant finish of the counters and desks, and 
the arrangements which facilitate the discharge of business. 
At Third and Dock streets we will enter the second floor of 
the Merchants' Exchange by the entrance on the east, and as 
soon as we do so will think ourselves in Bedlam. The Board 
of Brokers is in session. Five, ten or twenty excited luna- 
tics, according to appearance, are shouting to a man who 
stands up in a sort of pulpit and screams back at them ; and 
this is the way they buy and sell stocks. Out of it, along 
the narrow alley which bounds the huge United States Ap- 
praisers' building, and we come upon the Commercial Ex- 
change. A friend introduces us; we find an immense hall, 
upon the floor of which are numerous tables, and upon each 
little heaps of wheat, rye, corn, etc., samples of what the 
owners are ready to sell. Immense business transactions are 
effected in this apartment without other ceremony than in- 
spection of the samples and an agreement on the price. 

We will leave the Exchange, go to Market street, look at 
the docks and gaze at the shipping. We may take a steam- 
boat to Camden, N. J., which we will find to be a large and 
thrifty city. We obtain there a better view of the river front 
of Philadelphia ; it is crescent-shaped. An island in the centre 
of the stream cuts off" a portion of the view to the south-east 
of us, but we see beyond and below ft. Windmill Island they 
called ft more than a century ago, because a windmill was 
upon ft. It properly has that name now, but sometimes is 
called Smith's Island. Immediately opposfte Chestnut street 
the ground is devoted to the purposes of a pleasure garden and 
for baths. A small steamboat carries the passenger to and 
fro. South of this is a canal, through which our steamboat 
found its way in bringing us to Camden. The southern part 
of the island is an immense coal dep5t, used by the Lehigh 
Navigation Company. We observe the smoke of numerous 

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414 SIX DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

foundries and factories, wharves bright with piles of lumber 
and others gloomy with piles of coal. There are great ware- 
houses looming over beyond, masts and cordage and sails and 
fluttering flags; in front of us vessels are moored, steamboats 
are crossing and recrossing or moving with great rapidity up 
and down the stream. Large ships are under the tow of in- 
significant looking tug-boats, which in comparison of size are 
mere toys, and yet they drag along the great hulks easily. 
Eow-boats are toiling in the stream. Unemployed tug-boats 
are puffing and blowing, seemingly running about in search 
of business. Everything is life, bustle and activity. In the 
background, from among walls, roofs and dormer windows, 
rise the great towers, steeples and chimneys of the city. It 
is a splendid panorama, and one which the stranger unused 
to the life of a commercial metropolis ought to see. 



CHAPTEE XXXIIl. 
S UPPLEMENTAR Y. 

LARGE cities grow very fast. So much activity occurs in 
public matters, in benevolence, commerce, trade, and in 
every concern of life, that additions are constantly being made 
to public buildings and associations. The following have 
oeen originated since the foregoing pages were printed, and 
ft>r the sake of completeness are necessary to be noticed. 

COMMERCE. 
Cotton compress. The Pennsylvania Warehousing Com- 
pany (see page 146) has added to its means of accommodating 
trade a very powerful compress or packing-machine available 
for the compression of cotton, hay or other material usually 
put up in bales. The building used for this purpose is sit- 
uate on South Delaware avenue, convenient to the wharves. 
The press is operated by hydraulic power, and is of immense 

"orce. 

FOOD SUPPLY. 

The new abattoir and cattle stock-yards established under 
iie control of the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company are upon 
The west side of the Schuylkill River, north of Market street. 
The principal building is of brick, 200 feet long by 150 feet 
wide; a hay and grain barn of brick, 40 by 100 feet; 48 cat- 
tle sheds, each 24 by 200 feet ; two sheep-pens, each 350 by 
130 feet; hog-pens, etc., the whole being contrived for the 
easy delivery of cattle and for slaughtering them in large 
quantities, all smell and annoyance being provided for by 
scientific arrangement. 

415 * 



416 * SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS, ETC. 

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 

The Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art 

was chartered in March, 1876, for the purpose of establishing 
a school of industrial art on the plan of the great South 
Kensington Museum, London— an institution which has rev- 
olutionized the art industries of Great Britain. It is hoped 
that the Centennial Exhibition will afford many facilities for 
the establishment of such an institution. The managers 
have memorialized the Pennsylvania Legislature to use a 
part or all of Memorial Hall for the purposes of the museum 
after the Exhibition shall have been closed. 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Alhambra, east side of Broad street, north of Spruce. A 
theatre and garden for musical, dramatic and spectacular 
performances, under the charge of Kiralfy Brothers. The 
front on Broad street is two stories high, of zinc and iron, in 
the Mauresque style, handsomely ornamented with horseshoe 
arches, columns, etc., gilded and painted in bright colors. 
At each end is a dome of iron and glass. The theatre stands 
on the south side of the lot, and will seat 1000 persons. The 
garden on the north is 150 feet square, and connects with the 
theatre. There are fountains, grottoes, promenades, flower- 
beds, carving, paintings and sculpture. 

Colosseum, south-east corner Broad and Locust streets, ad- 
joining the Alhambra. Specially constructed for the purpose 
of displaying the cycloramic painting of " Paris by Night." 
The building is cylindrical, 129 feet in diameter at the base. 
Eoof at the top of the outer wall, 77 feet from the pavement; 
rising in a sloping form until it meets a central tower 38 feet 
wide, which rises from the interior to a height of 166 feet 
from the ground. This tower, above the roof, is decorated 
with balconies, from which the city may be seen. The pic- 
ture is arranged on the interior walls. Spectators view it 
from that portion of the tower which is within the building, 
and the effect of the painting seems wonderfully real anu 
attractive. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. * 417 

Centennial Music-Hall, adjoining the Forrest mansion, at 
south-west corner of Broad and Master streets. Front on 
Broad street 100 feet, depth on Carlisle street 200 feet, of 
brick, iron and stained glass. The interior will have 3 tiers 
of private boxes and a stage 32 feet in width, saloons, etc. 
The stage has been specially constructed for the use of Theo. 
Thomas' orchestral concerts. The music-hall opens into the 
garden north of it. There will be seating capacity in tlie 
building for 2000 persons. 



II^DEX. 



Abbatoiti, 50, 395. 
Academies, 174. 

of P. E. Church, 173, 174. 
Academv of Eine Arts, 191-195. 
of Music, 257, 393. 
of Natural Sciences, 185, 393. 
Access to the Park, 368. 
Adams, John, Vice-President, 34. 

inaugurated, 35. 
Agricultural Society, 190. 
Aimwell School, 172. 
Alexander Presby. Church, 276. 
Almshouse, Blockley, 116. 

Friends', 225. 
Amateur's Drawing room, 259. 
Ambler Trotting Park, 256. 
American Baptist Pub. Society, 300. 
fleet burned, 31. 
, Hotel, 66, 398. 
Insurance Company, 163, 164. 
Mechanics' Hall, 241. 
Protestant Asso. Hall, 242. 
Steamship Line, 150. 
Sunday-school Union, 300. 
vessels lost and destroyed, 28. 
Amusement, places of, 257. 
Appraisers', U. S., Of&ce, 127, 410. 
Annunciation R. C. Church, 296. 
Apprentices' Library, 203, 401. 
Aramingo Creek, 410. 
Arch Street M. E. Church, 271. 
Railway route, 81. 
Theatre, 258, 401. 
Area of the city, 43-46. 
Armories, 243. 

Arnold, Benedict, gov. of city, 33. 
country-seat, 350. 
mansion of, 332. 
marries Miss Shippen, 33. 
Arsenal, Frankford, 135, 410. 
Schuylkill, 135, 410. 



Art Association, Park, 1 97. 

Academy, 191. 

Gallery, Park, 346. 

galleries, private, 196. 
Assembly Buildings, 260, 411. 
Assistance Societies, 235. 
Assumption R. C. Church, 296. 
Asylums for children, 221. 

Little Sisters of the Poor, 227. 

for the Unfortunate, 228. 
Atheneeum, 203. 
Atlantic City, 93. 
Atonement P. E. Church, 405. 
Augusta, Brit, frigate, blown up, 29. 

Baggage system, 87. 
Bainbridge Street Market, 74. 
Bank, America, 159. 

Central, 156. 

City, 156, 404. 

Commerce, 156. 

Commercial, 155, 400. 

Commonwealth, 156, 399. 

Consolidation, 156. 

Corn Exchange, 157, 400. 

Eighth National, 158. 

Farmers' and Mechanics', 154. 

First National, 158. 

Germantown, 157. 

Kensington, 155. 

Keystone, 157. 

Manayunk, 159. 

Manufacturers', 156, 400. 

Mechanics', 154, 400. 

Merchants' Exchange, 159. 

North America, 153, 399. 

Northern Liberties, 154. 

Penn, 155, 399. 

People's, 158, 398. 

Philadelphia, 154. 

Republic, 157. 

415 



416 



INDEX. 



Bank, Second National, 168. 

Security, 167. 

Shackamaxon, 169. 

Sixth National, 158. 

Spring Grarden, 158. 

State, 158. 

Third National, 168, 392. 

Tradesmen's, 166, 400. 

Twenty-second Ward, 168. 

Union, 157, 400. 

United States, 159. 

Western, 167, 399. 

West Philadelphia, 159. 
Banking Company, Union, 158. 
Baptist Churches, 261. 

Home for Women, 227. 
Baring, Alex. (Lord Ashburton), 

356. 
Baron Steuben's country-seat, 350. 
Bartram's House, 329. 
Base ball, 264. 
Bath-rooms, 48. 
Baths, etc., 54. 
Battery on the Delaware, 20. 
Battle-grounds, 317. 
Beck School, 172. 
Bedford St. Mission, 228. 
Belleville, 350. 
Belmont, 330, 356, 407. 

Valley, 358. 

Glen, 358. 

Water-works, 5.3, 407. 

driving park, 266. 
Beneficial Saving Fund, 169. 
Berean Baptist Church, 266, 409. 
Bethany Presby. Church, 277. 
Beth-Eden Baptist Church, 264. 

El Emeth Cemetery, 314. 
Bingham House, 66. 

Wm., 355. 
Binney, Horace, School-house, 412. 
Births, 45. 
Blind Asylum, 229. 

Men's Working Home, 229. 

Women's Working Home, 229. 
Blockley Almshouse, 409. 
Boarding-houses, 69. 

House for Young Women, 228. 
Board of Brokers, 413. 
Boat Clubs (Rowing), 263. 

houses, 347. 
Boquet's expedition, 23. 
Boston Port Bill, 26. 



Braddock's defeat, 21. 
Bridges, 337. 

British tax law resisted, 24, 25. 
army capture the city, 28. 
Burd Orphan Asylum, 223. 

Cape May, 94. 

Callowhill Street Market, 73. 

Railway route, 80. 
Calvary Presbyterian Church, 277 
Camden and Atlantic R. R., 93. 
Canals, 37. 

Carpenters' Hall, 322, 399. 
Carre captures Trinity fort, 15. 
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, 
R. C, 293. 

Cemetery, 314. 

Cemetery, New, 314, 403. 
Catholic (Roman) Churches, 293. 

Home for Orphan Girls, 222. 

Parish schools, 175. 

Theological seminaries, 174, 
175. 
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 313. 
Centennial Buildings, 366. 

Exhibition, 373-390. 

Agricultural Hall, 383. 

Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), 
378. 

comparisons with other exhi- 
bitions, 373. 

drainage of exhibition grounds, 
390. 

executive oflBcers'building,388. 

foreign governments' build- 
ings, 390. 

Horticultural Hall, 385. 

jury pavilion, 380. 

Machinery Hall, 381. 

Main building, 374. 

restaurants, 390. 

special trade buildings, 390. 

U. S. Gov. building, 388. 

hotels, 70. 

Water-works, 358, 407. 

Women's Exhibition Building, 
388. 

Lodging-house Agency, 69. 

Market, 73. 
Central Congregational Church,266. 

High-school, 121, 396. 

Market, 72. 

School (Friends'), 176. 



INDEX. 



417 



Chambers' Presb. Cburch, 3^3. 
Charitable orders, 237. 
Charity hospital, 212. 
Chestnut and Walnut Street Rail- 
way route, 81. 
Chestnut Hill, 364. 

Street Bridge, 342, 394. 

Street Theatre, 259. 398. 
Chew's House, 317, 331. 
Children's Hospital, 216. 

Homes, 221. 
Cholera, 38. 
Christ Church, P. E., 281, 402. 

Church Hospital, 224. 

German Reformed Church, 291 . 

Rejected,paintingbyWest, 347. 
Churches, 261-298. 
Church Home for Children, 222, 
City Armory, 245. 

charter, 41, 

Hall, 105. 

Hall, New, 106. 

Institute Library, 205. 

ofl^cers, 48, 49. 

Solicitor's ofl&ce, 412. 
Clergymen's Annuity and Ail 

Funds, 301. 
Cliveden, Chew's House, 317, 331. 
Coal trade, 147. 
Coastwise steamers, 151. 
Coat-of-Arms of Philadelphia, 42. 
Coinage at United States Mint, 

134. 
College of Philadelphia, 21. 
Colleges, 165-185. 
Colonization Society, 236. 
Colonnade Hotel, 65, 393. 
Colony settled, 16, 17. 
Colored Orphans' Shelter, 221. 
Columbia Avenue Market, 73. 
Commerce. 141. 
Commercial Dep5ts, 146. 

Exchange, 142, 402, 413. 
Common Pleas Courts, 106. 
Concert Hall, 260, 398. 
Concordia Theatre, 259. 
Congregational Chui-ches, 263. 
Congress, Continental, 26, 33, 95, 
98, 101, 322. 

Federal, 34, 36, 101. 

Hall, 104. 
Congressional representation, 45. 
Connecting Railroad Bridge, 342. 



Continental Hotel, 63, 398. 

Constitution, procession in honor 
of adoption, 34. 

Contributionship Insurance Com- 
pany, 162. 

Convention to frame Constitution 
of United States, 33. 

Cornwallis captures Red Bank, 32, 

County Insurance Company, 164. 

Court-house building, 104. 

Courts, 106, 129. 

Covenant P. E. Church, 406. 

Cricket clubs, 254. 

Criminal trials, 59. 

Cruelty to animals, prevention of, 
236. 

Custom-house, 125, 399, 410. 

Darby Railway route, 82. 
Day Nursery for Children, 223. 
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 228. 
Deaths, 45-47. 
Decatur Market, 73. 
Declaration of Independence, 27. 
De la War discovers a river, 13. 
Delaware Avenue Market, 72. 

Insurance Company, 163. 

River, 414. 

Water-works, 52. 
Dental, Pennsylvania, College, 18. 

Philadelphia, College, 181. 
Dickinson, John (Fair Hill), 336. 
Dispensaries, 218, 219. 
Dock Creek, 35. 

Docks, American Steamship, 403. 
Donop defeated, 29. 
Drainage, 55. 
Drinking fountains, 54, 
Drove-yards, 50. 
Druids, 242. 
Dry Docks, 149. 
Dutch colonies on the Delaware, 1 4. 

Reformed Churches, 292. 
Dwelling-houses, 46. 

Eastern Market, 72. 

Penitentiary, 109. 
East Park, 347, 407. 

Reservoir, 348. 
Edgely, 352, 407. 
Educational Home for Boys, 222. 

institutions, 119, 165-184. 
Effigies burned, 26. 



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418 



INDEX. 



Eleventh Street Opera House (min- 
strel), 260, 404. 
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 270. 
Entomological Society, 184. 
Entrenchments thrown up, 36. 
Epiphany P. E. Church, 290. 
Evans, Governor, the false alarm^ 

18. 
Exchange, Coal, 146. 

Commercial, 142. 

Drug, 146. 

Grocers', 146. 

Maritime, 146. 

Merchants', 144. 

Produce, 146. 

Tobacco, 146. 
Exports, 141. 
Express Companies, 86. 

Fair Hill burying-geound, 313. 
mansion, 336. 

square, 372. 
Fairmount Market, 72, 401. 

Park, 345. 

Park Art Association, 195. 

Water-works, 50. 

works, 368. 
Falls of Schuylkill Bridge, 343. 
Families, 46. 

Farmers and butchers, 73. 
Farmers' Market, 72, 401. 

Western Market, 72. 

West Philadelphia Market, 73. 
Federal Market, 73. 
Female Belief Society, 234. 
Ferries and river steamboats, 84. 
Fidelity Safe Deposit Company, 

160. 
Fifth and Sixth Street Railway 
routes, 78. 

Baptist Church, 263. 

Presbyterian Church, 277. 
Financial Institutions, 153. 
Fire alarm telegraph, 56. 

and marine insurance, 164. 

Association, 163. 

Department, 55. 

plugs, 56. 
First Baptist Church, 262, 392. 

Dutch Reformed Church, 292. 

fountain in the Park, 363. 

German Reformed Church, 291. 

Moravian Church, 271. 



First Presbyterian Church, 272. 

Reformed Presb. Church, 393. 

Troop (City Cavalry), 243. 

Unitarian Church, 297, 411. 

Universalist Church, 297. 
Fishing clubs, 251. 
Fitch, John, steamboat of, 34, 412. 
Flat Rock Bridge, 343. 
Food prices, 49, 50. 

supply, 49, 50. 
Fort Beversrede, 14. 

Casimir, 15. 

Miflain, 28, 30, 31, 320. 

Nassau, 14, 15. 

Red Bank, 29, 42, 205. . 
Fortieth and Forty-first Street 

Railway route, 83. 
Foster Home, 223, 397. 
Fountain Green, 350. 
Fourth and Eighth Street Railway 

Co., 78. 
Fourth Baptist Church, 264. 
Frankford and Southwark Railway 
route, 78. 

Arsenal, 135. 

Market, 73, 
Franklin Fire Insurance Co., 163. 

fund, 235. 

Institute, 185. 

Market, 72. 

Reformatory Home, 230. 

square, 371. 

Sugar Refinery, 403. 
Free Quakers' burying-ground,412. 

Meeting-house, 327. 
Freedmen's societies, 236. 
French Benevolent Society, 234. 
Friends' Central school, 176. 

Insane Asylum, 210. 

Library, 204, 205. 

meeting-house, Arch st., 265. 

meeting-house, Girard av., 266. 

meeting-house. Race st., 266. 
Fuel Saving Society, 235. 

Friends' Charitable Society,235. 

Gas introduced, 38. 

manufacture, 59. 

works, 60, 394. 
George's Hill, 352, 368. 
Germania Market, 73. 
German Hospital, 214, 397, 405. 

Reformed churches, 291. 



INDEX. 



419 



German Society, 231. 

Society Library, 206. 
Germantown Academy, 171. 

battle-ground, 317. 

battle-ground in Park, 360. 

Hospital, 216. 

Market, 73. 

Railway routes, 78. 

Saving Fund, 159. 

Scientific Society, 184. 

square, 372. 
Gettysburg, painting of battle of, 

346. 
Gethsemane Baptist Church, 264. 
Gibson's Point, 141. 
Girard Avenue Bridge, 340, 347,373. 

Market, 74. 

College, 168, 405. 

House, 65, 398. 

Life and Trust Co., 160. 
Glenwood Cemetery, 311, 403, 407. 
Girls' Normal School, 122. 
Good Shepherd, House of, 230. 

Templars, 242. 
Grace M. E. Church, 271. 
Graff Memorial, 346. 
Grain elevator, Girard Point, 148, 

Washington av., 148, 403. 

storage buildings, 148. 
Grammar schools, 122. 
Grand Army of Republic, 242. 
Grandom Institution, 235. 
Grant of Pennsylvania, 16. 
Grant's cottage, 347. 
Gray's Ferry Bridge, 338. 

Railway route, 82. 
Green and Coates Railway route, 

80. 
Green Hill Presb. Church, 397. 
Greenwood Cemetery, 313. 
Guarantee Safe Deposit Co., 161. 
Guy's Hotel, 65, 398. 
Gymnastics, 256. 

Hack rates, 84. 
Haddington Railway route, 81. 
Hahnemann Medical College, 179. 
Handel and Haydn Hall, 198, 260. 

Society, 198. 
Haverford (Friends') College, 175. 
Health, 47. 
Hebrew Charities (United), 236. 

synagogues, 266. 



Hendrickson, Captain, discovers 
mouth of river Schuylkill, 
13, 14. 
Hermit's Glen, 360. 

of Wissahickon, 362, 
Hestonville Railway route, 80. 
Hibernia Society, 234. 
Historical Library, Baptist, 206. 

Friends', 206. 

Methodist, 206. 

Presbyterian, 206. 

Society Hall, 412. 

Society Library, 206. 
Historic public buildings, 321. 
History of the city, 13-42, 
Holy Communion Luth, Church, 

268. 
Holy Trinity P. E. Church, 289. 

R. C. Church, 294, 412. 
Homes for Colored Children, 223. 

for Colored Men and Women, 
228. 

for the Aged, 224. 

for the Homeless, 227. 
Home Missionary Society, 235. 
Horticultural Hall, 190, 260, 393. 

Society, 190. 
Hospital for the Insane, 209, 210. 

Philadelphia, 117. 
Hospitals, 207. 
Hotels, 63. 

Alphabetical Index to, 67. 
House of Correction, 114, 403. 

of Industry, 230, 235. 

of Refuge, 113, 397. 

where Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was written, 324. 
Howard Institution, 230. 
Hudson, Henry, discovers the Dela- 
ware, 13. 
Humane societies, 236. 
Hunting Park, 370. 

Imports, 141. 

Incarnation P. E. Church, 291. 
Inclined Plane Railway, 83. 
Increase of population, 47. 
Independence Hall, 95, 398. 

square, 95, 372, 412. 
Indian Aid Association, 236, 

Hope Association, 236. 

Rock, 360. 
Indians massacred at Paxton, 22. 



420 



INDEX. 



Industrial Aid Societies, 234. 

Home for Girls, 222. 
Inebriates' Home, 230. 
Insane asylums, 219. 
Insurance, 162. 

International Navigation Co., 151. 
Iron-ship building, 150. 
Irving House, 65. 
Italian Society, 234. 

Jefferson, Thomas, 34. 

inaugurated, 35. 

Medical College, 178, 411. 

square, 372. 
Jewish Cemetery, Old, 314, 411. 

Foster Home, 224. 

Hospital, 215. 

Kelpius' Spring, 360. 
Keneseth Israel Synagogue, 404. 
Kensington anti-railroad riots, 39. 

Institute Library, 206. 

Market, 73. 
Keystone Battery Armory, 245. 
Kittanning destroyed, 22. 
Knights of Pythias, 242. 

Ladies' Depository, 235. 
Lafayette, attempt to surprise him 

unsuccessful, 32. 
Lansdowne, 354. 

Glen, 356. 
La Pierre House, 65, 393. 
La Salle College, 176. 
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 305, 406. 

Central, 310. 

South, 310, 407. 

West, 310. 
Law Library, 205. 
Lazaretto, 118. 
League Island Navy Yard, 137, 410, 

411. 
Ledger Building, 398. 
Lehigh Navigation Co., docks of, 
416. 

Valley Railroad, 94, 400, 
Lemon Hill, 333, 345, 395. 

mansion, 347. 
Leverington Cemetery, 313. 
Liberty bell, 27. 
Library companies, 199. 
Life Insurance, 164. 
Lincoln Institute for Boys, 222. 



Lincoln Market, 72, 406. 

Monument, 347. 
Literary and art associations, 197. 
Lodging-houses, 69. 
Logan's House (Stenton), 330. 
Logan Square, 371, 394. 
Lombard and South Street Railway 

route, 82. 
London Coffee-house, the Old, 

326, 401. 
Loyal Legion, 242. 
Lutheran churches, 267. 

Home for Aged, 224, 227. 

Orphans' Home, 224. 

Publication Societies, 301. 

Theological Seminary, 175. 
Lying-in Hospital (Northern Dis- 
pensary), 218. 

M^NNERCHOR HaLL, 260. 

Magdalen Asylum, 229. 
Magistrates' courts, 68. 
Manayunk Bridge, 343. 

and Roxborough Railway 
route, 83. 
Mantua Market, 73. 
Manufactures, 151. 
Manufacturing statistics, 151. 
Maple Hall, 360. 
Mapother Home, 228. 
Marine Railways, 149. 
Markets, 71. 

Market Street Railway route, 81. 
Markham, Wm., Deputy Governor, 

16, 17. 
Masonic Order, 237. 

Temple, 237, 392. 

halls, 237-240. 
Mechanics' Cemetery, 313, 407. 

Institute Library, 205. 
Medical colleges, 177. 
Medical department. University of 

Pennsylvania, 177, 409. 
Memorial Baptist Church, 263, 397. 
Mennonite Meeting, 271. 
Mennonites, 271. 

Mercantile Beneficial Association, 
236. 

Library, 201, 411. 

old building of, 412. 
Merchants' Exchange, 413. 

Fund, 236. 

Hotel, 66. 



INDEX. 



421 



Merlin, Britisli frigate, blown up, 

29. 
Meschianza, 32. 

Messiah Universalist Church, 297. 
Methodist churches, 270. 

Home for Women, 227. 
Mey, his discoveries, 13, 14. 
Mickve Israel Synagogue, 266. 
Midnight Mission, 230. 
Military, 243. 
Militia, volunteer, 19-22. 
Minstrel Halls, 260. 
Mint, the old, 326. 
Mission Hospital, 218. 
Moore's cottage, 359. 
Monument Cemetery, 310. 
Moravians, 271. 
Morgue, 116. 

Morris, Robert, Lemon Hill, 333. 
Mount -Moriah Cemetery, 312. 

Peace Cemetery, 313, 407. 

Pleasant, Arnold's home, 332. 

Pleasant, 350. 

Sinai Cemetery, 314. 

Vernon Cemetery, 311, 407. 
Moyamensing Hall, riot, 39. 

Institute Library, 205. 

Prison, 112, 404. 
Mud Fort, 28-30. 

abandoned, 31. 
Municipal Hospital, 211. 
Museum, Wood's, 259. 
Musical Fund HaU, 198, 260. 

Fund Society, 198. 
Mutual Assurance Company, 163. 

National Banks, 153. 

Guards' armory, 244. 

Guards of Pennsylvania, 243. 

Museum, 97, 398. 

societies, 231. 
Native American riots, 39, 40. 
Naval action on the Delaware, 
27. 

at Red Bank, 29. 

with British vessels, 36. 

Asylum, 410, 411. 

Hospital, 410, 411. 
Navy Yard, 137, 410, 411. 
Nazareth M. E. Church, 396. 
New Church, 272. 
New York Mutual Life Insurance 
Company, 164. 

36 



New York Mutual Life Insurance 

Company building, 411. 
Norris Market, 73. 

square, 372. 
Northern Home for Children, 222. 
Liberties Market, 73. 
Relief Society, 235. 
Safe Deposit Company, 161. 
North American Insurance Com- 
pany, 164. 
Broad Street Presbyterian 

Church, 280. 
Pennsylvania Railroad, 93. 
Second Street Market, 73. 
Notre Dame Academy, 408. 
Numbering of houses, 44. 
Numismatic and Antiquarian Li- 
brary, 206. 

Observatory, Sawyer's, 359, 390. 
Odd Fellows' Cemetery, 313, 403. 

Hall, 240, 241, 404. 

lodges, 240. 
Old Ladies' Home, 228. 

Men's Home, 227. 

Oaks Cemetery, 312. 

Pine Street Presby. Church, 
274. 

Swedes', Gloria Dei, P. E., 85. 
Olivet Presbyterian Church, 396. 
Opera House, 257. 
Opposition to the law, 23, 24. 
Ormiston, 352. 
Orphans' Asylum, 221. 
Orthopaedic Hospital, 215. 
Otter Point Fish House Company, 

252. 
Our Saviour P. E. Church, 409. 
Oxford Market, 73. 

Presbyterian Church, 280. 

Park bridges, 344. 

history, 367. 
Parks, 345. 

Passenger railway fares and regu- 
lations, 75. 
Passyunk square, 372. 
Peace Society, 236. 
Pegasus, statuary, 359. 
Penn Charter school, 176. 

Club, 250. 

family, 18. 

Hannah, 17. 



422 



INDEX. 



Penn, John, 354. 

John, Solitude, 333. 

mansion, 321. 

Mutual Life Insurance Com- 
pany, 164, 

Safe Deposit Company, 162. 

Sewing-school, 235. 

Treaty ground, 315. 

Widows' Asylum, 226. 

William, proprietor of West 
Jersey, 15. 

William, statue of, 109. 
Pennsylvania frigate, 22. 

Hall, 39. 

Hospital, 207, 403, 412. 

Insurance Company, 163. 

Railroad, 90. 

Railroad bridges, 342, 411. 

Railroad depot, 409. 

Trust Company, 160, 398. 
Penrose Ferry Bridge, 340. 
Petroleum trade, 147. 
Pharmacy, College of, 182. 
Philadelphia Club, 247. 

Dental College, 181, 

Dispensary, 218. 

History, 13-42. 

Hospital, 210. 

Institute, 393. 

Library, 199, 412. 

Safe Deposit Company, 161. 

Savings' Fund, 159. 

Sketch Club, 197. 
Philosophical Hall, 105. 

Society, 412. 
Physicians, College of, 180. 
Pipe Bridge, 363. 

" Plain Truth," Franklin's pamph- 
let, 20. 
Point Breeze, 61. 

Park, 255. 
Police system, 56. 

stations, 57. 

telegraph, 56. 
Polytechnic College, 181. 
Population, 46. 

Port Richmond coal wharves, 147. 
Post-office, 128, 399, 409. 

new, 130. 
Preachers' Aid Society, Methodist, 

302. 
Presbyterian Board of Publication, 
299, 398. 



Presbyterian churches, 272. 

Home for Women, 227. 

Hospital, 216. 

Ministers' Fund, 302. 
Preston Retreat, 211. 
Prisons, 109. 

Society, 236. 
Privateers, 20, 22. 

commissioned, 19. 
Prospect Hill Fishing Company, 

Protestant Episcopal Academy, 
174. 

Churches, 280. 

Clergymen's Fund, 302. 

Divinity School, 174. 

Hospital, 212. 
Provident Life and Trust Com- 
pany, 160. 
Public Schools, 119. 

squares, 345. 

Quakers, 13-43, 204, 210, 235, 266, 

327, 412. 
Quarter-sessions Court, 106. 

Race and Vine Streets Railway 

route, 80. 
Railroad passenger depSts, 89. 
Railroads, 37, 38, 90. 

special ticket offices, 89. 
Reading Railroad, 91. 

Bridge, Belmont, 342. 

Falls Bridge, 343. 
Red Bank battle-ground, 319. 

battle, 29. 

Men, Order of, 242. 

Men's Hall, 242. 

Star Steamship Line, 150. 
Reform Club, 249. 
Reformed Churches, 291. 

Church publications, 301. 
Relief societies, 231. 
Resistance to Great Britain, 27. 
Restaurants, 69. 
Restoration Universalist Church, 

298. 
Ridge Avenue Market, 73, 406. 

Railway route, 77. 
Ridgeland, 356, 407. 
Ridgway Library, 201. 
Riots against blacks, 39. 
Rittenhouse square, 371, 408. 



INDEX. 



423 



Kiver Road, East Park, 347. 

steamboat lines, 84. 
Rodef Shalom, 267. 
Roman Catholic Asylums, 221. 

Cemeteries, 314. 

churches, 293. 

Hospitals, 212. 

Seminaries, 173. 
Ronaldson's Cemetery, 304. 
Rosine Asylum, 230. 
Roxborough Water-works, 53. 
Royal army in the city, 32. 

abandons the city, 32. 
Rysingh, 15. 

Safe Deposit and Trust Compa- 
nies, 160. 
Salem German Reformed Church, 

. 291. 
Saturday Club, 250. 
Saying funds, 159. 
Sawyer's Observatory, 390. 
School of Design for Women, 197. 
Schutzen Park, 255. 
Schuylkill Arsenal, 136. 

discovered by Hendrickson, 13, 

14. 
river steamboats, 84. 
Water-works, 52. 
Scientific institutions, 175, 183. 
Seamen's Friend Society, 236. 
Second Congress, 26, 27. 

Dutch Reformed Church, 292. 
Moravian Church, 272. 
Presbyterian Church, 273. 
and Third Streets Passenger 
Railway routes, 77. 
Secret Societies, 237. 
Sedgely Guard-house, 347. 
Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets 

Railway route, 80. 
Shackamaxon square, 372. 
Shipbuilding yards, 150. 
Shipmasters' Society, 236. 
Shooting Club, 255. 
Simcoe's British rangers, 32. 
Simmons & Slocum's Opera-house 

(minstrel), 260, 401. 
Sixth Street Quaker meeting-house, 

404. 
Skating clubs, 254. 

rink, 255. 
Sketch Club, 197. 



Smith's Beneficial Hall burned, 39. 

Island, 413. 
Social Art Club, 250. 

clubs, 247. 
Society of Friends, Hicksite, 266. 

Orthodox, 265. 
Solitude, Penn's house, 191, 333, 

352. 
Sons of America, 242. 
Sons of Honor and Temperance, 242. 

Temperance, 242. 
Soup societies, 234. 
South Eleventh Street Market, 73. 
or Delaware, discovered, 13. 
River, 15. 

Second Street Market, 73. 
Street Bridge, 342. 
Southwark Library, 205. 
South-western Market, 72. 
Sporting clubs, 251. 
Spring Garden Institute Library, 
205. 
Insurance Company, 163. 
M, E. Church, 271. 
Street Market, 74. 
or Callowhill Street Bridge, 
338, 394. 
Spruce Street Baptist Church, 412. 
Quaker meeting-house, 411. 
and Pine Streets Railway 
route, 82. 
Squares, public, 370, 
St. Andrew's P. E. Church, 289. 
St. Andrew's Society, 232. 
St. Ann's Widows' Asylum, 226. 
St. Augustine's R. C. Church, 39, 

4t), 204. 
St, Bonifacius' R. C. Church, 296. 
St. Charles Borromeo R. C. Semin- 
ary, 175. 
St. Clement's P. E. Church, 290. 
St. Cloud Hotel, 68, 401. 
St. George's Methodist Church, 270. 
Hall, 231-233. 
Society, 231. 
St. James the Less P. E. Church, 

291, 407. 
St. Johannes' Lutheran Church, 

270. 
St. John's Lutheran Church, 268. 
St. John the Evangelist's R. C. 

Church, 294. 
St. John's Orphan Asylum, 221. 



424 



lEDEX. 



St. Joseph's R. C. Church, 292. 

College, 175. 

Hospital, 212, 397. 

Orphan Asylum, 221. 
St. Luke's P. E. Churchy 290. 

Home for Aged Women, 226. 
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 2S8. 

P. E. Church, 289. 
St. Mary's P. E. Church, 409. 

R. C. Church, 293. 

E,. C. burying-ground^ 412. 

Hospital, 215. 
St. Matthew's P. E. Church,. 397. 
St. Paul's Church, P. E., 284, 
St. Peter's Church, P. E., 284. 

R. C. Church, 296, 410. 
St. Philip Be Neri Church,^ at- 
tacked, 40. 
St. Stephen's P. E. Church, 288. 
St. Stephen's Church, 411. 

Hotel, 66, 398. 
St. Thomas' African P. E. Church, 

412. 
St. Vincent de Paul Theological 

Seminary, 175. 
St. Vincent's Home, 223. 

Orphan Asylum, 224. 
Stamp Act passed^ 23. 
Stand-pipe, 358. 
State-house, 95. 

square, 95. 

history, 97. 
State Hospital, 218. 

in Schuylkill Fishing €o-m- 
pany, 251. 
Statistics, manufacturing, 151. 
Statues at Fairmount, 346. 
Statuary in the Park, 356. 
Steamboat, John Fitch's, 34, 412. 
Steamboats, 36. 
Steamers, coast-wise, 150. 
Steamships, 149, 150. 
Steamship wharves, 150. 
Stenton, 330. 

Strawberry Mansion, 352, 407. 
Streets, extent of, 43. 
Streets, system, 43, 44. 

bridges, 343. 

Markets, 73. 

numbers, 45. 
Stuyvesant captures Fort Casimir, 

15. 
Sub-treasury, 410. 



Suffolk Trotting Park, 256. 
Sun Insurance Company, 164. 
Supreme Court of United States, 

105. 
Survey Department, 412. 
Swarthmore (Friends') College,176. 
Swedish colonies, 14. 
Swedes' Church of Gloria Dei, 285, 

St. James, 287. 
Sweet-brier, 352. 

Ravine, 356. 
Swiss Benevolent Society, 234. 

Tabernacle Baptist Church, 264. 
Presbyterian Church, 280. 

Tammany Pea-shore Fishing Com- 
pany, 252. 

Tax on tea, 25. 

Tea-ships captured and sent back 
to England, 25, 26. 

Telegraph companies, 86. 

Temporary Home, 226. 

Tenth and Eleventh Streets Rail- 
way route, 79. 

Theatres, 258. 

Theological Seminaries, 173. 

Third Presbyterian Church, 274. 

Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets 
Railway route, 79. 

Thouron square, 372. 

Timber Creek, 14. 

Tienpont, discoveries in the Dela- 
ware, 14. 

Tinicum Fishing Company, 252. 

Tract societies, 301. 

Treasury department, 34. 

Treaty ground, 315. 

Trees in Park, 364. 

Trinity P. E. Church, 287. 

Trotting Associations, 253. 

Troubles in England, 18. 

Trust companies, 160. 

Turnverein, 256. 

Twelfth and Sixteenth Streets rail- 
way route, 79. 

Union Benevolent Society, 235. 
Children's Home, 224. 
League, 247, 393. 
Market, 72. 
Railway routes, 76. 
square, 372. 
Temporary Home, 224. 



INDEX. 



425 



Unitarian churclies, 297. 
Universalist churches, 297. 
University College, 181. 

Hospital, 217, 409. 

of Pennsylvania, 165, 409. 
United States Appraisers' building, 
127, 402. 

Arsenals, 135. 

Courts, 129. 

Government buildings, 125. 

Mint, 131, 398. 

Naval Asylum, 138. 

Naval Hospital, 140. 

Navy Yard, 137. 

Post-office, 128. 

Sub-treasury, 125. 

Treasurer's office, 127. 

Valley Green, 360. 
Vessels entered at port, 142. 
Vital statistics, 48. 

Wagner Institute, 185. 
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church, 
409. 
Theatre, 258. 
Warehouse, bonded, 146. 
Warehousing, Pennsylvania, Com- 
pany, 146. 
Philadelphia, Company, 146. 
War with France and Spain, 18- 
21. 
France, 20, 22. 
Great Britain, 36. 
Spain, 19. 
Washington inaugurated, 35. 

President of Convention, Presi- 
dent of United States, his 
residence, 34. 
Grays' Armory, 245. 
Grays' monument, 397. 
House, 66. 
rock, 360. 
square, 370, 404. 
Water pipe, 54. 
privileges, 45. 
supply, 50-54. 
works, 35. 
.36* 



Welcome, ship, arrives, 16. 
Welsh Society, 234. 
West Arch Street Presbyterian 
Church, 276, 394. 
Chester and Philadelphia Rail- 
road, 94. 
End Railway route, 83. 
Park, 352. 
Philadelphia Baptist Church, 

265, 409. 
Philadelphia Market, 73. 
Spruce Street Presbyterian 
Church, 277. 
Western Market, 71, 406. 

Provident Society, 224, 235. 
Relief Society, 234. 
Saving Fund, 159, 411. 
Wharton Street Market, 74. 
Wharves and docks, 149. 
Whitemarsh military manoeuvres, 

.32. 
Whitefield preaches, 21. 
Widows' and Single Women's Asy- 
lum, 226. 
Wills Hospital, 210, 394. 
Wilson, Alexander, 328. 

School-house, 328. 
Windmill Island, 413. 
Wissahickon Bridge, 343. 
Hall, 36. 
Park, 359. 
Woman's Medical College, 179. 

Hospital, 218, 406. 
Woodbury Trotting Park, 256. 
Woodford Mansion, 352, 407. 
Woodlands, 334. 

Cemetery, 311, 409. 
Wood's Museum Theatre, 259, 401. 

Yacht clubs, 253. 
Yellow fever, 35. 

Young Men's Christian Association, 
299. 

ZioN Lutheran Church, 267. 
Zoological Gardens, 185, 352, 407. 

Society, 187. 

Gardens Railway route, 81, 83. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 



PAGE. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

Chestnut Street Theatre, -^" 

BAGGAGE. ^-, 

Union Transfer Company, 

BANKERS. . 

Drexel & Co., ^ 

BOLT AND NUT WORKS. 

Hoopes & Townsend, ...••••• ^^ 

BOOKS 

AUen, Lane & Scott and J. W. Lauderbach, 6th page, front cover. 

American Sunday-School Union, 5^ 

Baptist Publication Society, ^* 

Joseph H. Coates & Co., ^^ 

A. J. Holman & Co., ^^ 

Wm. W. Harding, ^J 

Methodist Episcopal Book House, o» 

Thomas Nelson & Sons, ^^ 

T. B. Peterson & Bros., ^^ 



George Routledge & Sons, f 2 

Sower, Potts & Co., . ^^ 



Porter & Coates, 1^^ 60, 61, 62, 63 

George Routledge 
James K. Simon, 
Sower, Potts & C 
BOOTS AND SHOES. 

C. Benkert & Son, j° 

Charles Blase, ^^ 

Jacob Zaun, 

CARPETINGS. 

John & James Dobson, ^° 

McCallum, Crease & Sloan, ^^ 

CEMETERY. 

The Laurel Hill Cemetery Company. ... . • ib, 17 

CIGARS. 

Batchelor Brothers, ^^ 

CLOTHING. „„ 

E. 0. Thompson, ^'' 

Hoyt&Day, l\ 

John Wanamaker & Co., '^^ 

Bines k, SneaflF, |^ 

Louis L. Houpt, ^^ 



11 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 



PAGE 

COLLEGES AND EDUCATIONAL APPARATUS. 

Bryant & Stratton, Business College, . 6tli page of front cover. 
Haverford College, . . . . . . , . .69 

CONFECTIONERY. 

E. G. Whitman & Co., . . . . . . . .36 

DRUGGISTS. 

Frederick Brown, ......... 34 

R. F, Fairthorne, . . . 35 

DRY GOODS. 

Cooper & Conard, ......... 24 

Homer, Colladay & Co., . . . . . . . .25 

ENCAUSTIC TILES. 

Sharpless & Watts, . . . . . . . . .41 

ENGRAVINGS, STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS AND FINE ARTS. 

G. Meyer, 37 

Thomas Hunter, Jr., 60 

FLAGS AND BUNTING. 

William F. Scheible, 47 

FURNITURE. 

G. Vollmer, .40 

Hale, Kilburn & Co., . . . . . . . .41 

FURS. 

F. K. Womrath, 22 

GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. 

J. W. Scott & Co., 26 

GLUE. 

Baeder, Adamson & Co., 46 

GROCERIES. 

Mitchell, Fletcher & Co., 32 

HATS AND CAPS. 

Blaylock & Co., . . .27 

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. 

Bingham House, ......... 8 

Centennial Lodging-House Agency, 9 

Continental Hotel, 6 

Girard House, .......... 7 

La Pierre House, 9 

Trans-continental Hotel, .6 

INSURANCE. 

American Life Insurance Co., 48 

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., 48 

Provident Life and Trust Company, 49 

JEWELRY. 

J. E. Caldwell & Co., 21 

Lewis Ladomus & Co., 20 

Robbins, Biddle & Co., . , . . . . . ,20 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. m 



PAGE. 

LIVERY STABLES AND PUBLIC CONVEYANCES. ^^ 

David Mullen^ ,, 

Exhibition Transfer Company, :J 

Passenger Transfer Company, 

MAGAZINES. g^ 

Atlantic Monthly, 

MARBLE WORKS. -.o 

Van Gunden, Young & Drumm, 

METALS. AA 

Hall & Carpenter, 

MILLINERY GOODS. 24 

George W. Miles, • * * 23 

Thomas Kennedy & Bro., 

MUSIC. 50 

Louis Meyer, 

NEWSPAPERS. gg 

Evening Bulletin, g^ 

The Press, gc 

The Turf, Field and Farm, 

PAPER BOXES. .0 

George W. Plumly & Son, 

M. P. Philpot & Co., 

PAPER MANUFACTURERS. ^^ 

Charles Magarge & Co., gg 

Jessup & Moore, ... * 

PATENTS. 49 

John A. Wiedersheim, 

PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. ^^ ^ 

James W. Queen & Co., .... 4th page of front cover. 

PHOTOGRAPHER. 35 

Wm. Curtis Taylor, . . • - 

PLUMBING. 4g 

William H. Johnson, 

RAILROADS. 12 

Pennsylvania Railroad, . . • ' -r. .; Z * * iq 
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, . • -L^ 

'"TLiTtfrior- . . 2a and 3d pages Of front cove^r. 

Henry A. Dreer, 

SEWING MACHINES. ^5 

D. S. Ewing, 

STATIONERY. ^ ^ ^0 

Mason & Co., . • 

UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. 22 

Wm. A. Drown & Co., 

WINDOW CURTAINS, SHADES AND UPHOLSTERY. ^^ 

Carrington, De Zouche & Co., ^2 

I. E. Walraven, 

WINES AND LIQUORS AND CIGARS. ^^ 

Joseph F. Tobias & Co., 



JN admitting advertisements at the end of The 
Official Guide Book to Philadelphia, the 
greatest care has been exercised to accej^t only such firms 
as the Publishers felt assured were first-class, and we 
believe that visitors will find it of advantage to consult this 
list in making their purchases. 

PORTER & COATES. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



5 



DREXEL & CO. 

Bankers, 

34 South Third Street, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



DREXEL, MORGAN & CO. DREXEL, HARJES & CO. 

Broad and "Wall Streets, 31 Boulevard Haussmann, 

NEW YORK. PARIS. 

ISSTJE 

Commercial and Traveler's Letter of Credit 

and Bills of Exchange on all parts of 

Europe; negotiate State, Municipal 

and R. R. Securities. 

Buy and Sell Sovernment Bonds, Stocks and ^old. 

Transact a Geieral Banlini Bnsiiess. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



THE 



AT FAIRMOUNT PARK, 




Is also under the same management as 
THE CONTINENTAL. 



ADVERTISE M E N T S. 



GiRARD House, 

Corner Chestnut and Ninth Streets, 
PHILADELPHIA. 



McKIBBIN, VOSBUEG & CO., Proprietors. 




The Girard House passed into the hands of the present 
proprietors on the 1st day of July, 1875. Since their occupation 
extensive alterations and additions hare been made ; the House 
haying been refurnislied, and its capacity increased by one 
hundred sleeping apartments, making it in every respect equal 
to any hotel in the country. 

The Girard House fronts the Continental Hotel, on Chestnut 
Street, and the new Post-office, on Ninth Street, making it a 
convenient centre for strangers and business men. It is acces- 
sible by street cars from all Railroad Depots ; and they also 
furnish direct and cheap communication between the Hotel and 
Centennial Grounds. The Girard proper will accommodate 
nicely about TOO guests, and outside apartments are prepared 
for 400 more. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



BINGHAM HOUSE, 




Eleventh and Market Streets, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



ACCOMMODATION FOR FIVE HUUDKED GUESTS, 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



9 



LA PI 




The La Pierbb House, situated at the corner of Bboadway and 

Chestn-ut Street, having a frontage on Broadway of 200 feet and 60 on 
Chestnut, the most pleasant and fashionable part of the city, with all 
modern improvements, comprising 50 Suites with Private Baths and Water 
Closets, making it one of the most desirable stopping-places in this city. 



^,-,-(L Endorsed by the Centennial Board of Finance, the Presidents xQ^/C 
1//0, ofthe several Railway Companies, and the Mayor of the City. J-tJ/u. 

cffliiiii imm-imi mn 

Oflaee, 1010 Walnut Street. 

This organization, composed of prominent gentlemen connected with the 
various lines of railway entering the city, and with other enterprises devoted to 
the interests of the travelling public, can, by means of its systematic arrange- 
ments, comfortably provide for the immense number of visitors to the Exhibi- 
tion. Our plan of operations is to place on sale at the principal Railroad Ticket 
OflSces throughout the United States, Accommodation Tickets, each of which 
entitles the bearer to one day's clean, comfortable and respectable accommoda- 
tion, which day consists of supper, lodging and breakfast; dinner is not provided 
for, as it is presumed this meal will be taken at Centennial grounds. Courteous 
Agents pass through the trains before arriving in Philadelphia, and furnish each 
holder of these tickets a card assigning them to their temporary homes, as well 
as giving direction how they can be reached immediately upon arrival. The 
housekeeper takes up the ticket in payment for accommodation furnished. 

Every visitor can secure, before leaving home, his or her accommodations 
for as long a stay as desirable in Philadelphia at a defined and reasonable charge, 
and all can be made comfortable, and freed from care or fear of extortion or 
imposition. 

Every information can be had by applying in person, or by letter, to 

WM. HAMILTON, General Superiniendeni, 

Central OfBce, 1010 Walnut Street. 



10 ADVERTISEMENTS. 

CHESTNUT ST. THEATRE. 

PHILADELPHIA'S COMEDY THEATRE. 



GEMMILL, SOOTT & 00 Lessees. 

WILLIAM D. aEMMILL, J. PEED'K j Managers 

-SOOTT and F. F. MAOKAY, 1 Managers. 

WM. H. DALT Assistant Stage Manager. 



PERFORMANCE EVERY EVENING AT 8 O'CLOCK. 

And SATURDAY MATINEE AT 3. 

The Chestnut is the only Stock Theatre in Philadelphia, and 

is devoted to the production of the best Comedies and Society 

Plays, by a first-class Company- 
All the Plays presented at this Theatre are placed upon the 

stage with an elegance of appointments, and carefulness in 

detail, never before attempted in this city. 

The Company comprises the following well-known Artists : 

Me. W. E. SHERIDAN, Mrs. LOUISE ALLEN", 

Mr. JAMES W. NORRIS, Mrs. MAY SAVILLE, 

Mr. GEO. H. GRIFFITHS, Mrs. E. J. PHILLIPS, 

Mr. CHAS. STANLEY, Mrs. ANNIE YEAMANS, 

Mr. CHAS. H. BRADSHAW, Miss LIZZIE HAROLD, 

Mr. GEORGE HOLLAND, Miss FLORENCE RICHMOND, 

Mr. L. F. BARRETT, MiSS EMMA MARKLEY, 

Mr. A. H. STUART, Mrs. ANABEL DALY, 

Mr. E. BARTRAM, Miss LAURA B. SCANLAN, 

Mr. T. F. BRENNAN, Miss LYDIA YEAMANS, 

Mr. H. lewis, Miss CLAREEN PETREA, 

Mr. H. BAVE, Miss BERTHA WINANS, 

Mr. O. GREGORY. 

Leader of Orchestra SIMON HASSLER. 

Scenic Artist HAELET MEEKY. 

Master Machinist JOHN FUEZE. 

Property Maker JOHN A. DASET. 

Gas Engineer SAMUEL HATHUEST. 

Oostnmer A. E. VAN HOEN. 

Doors open at' 7. 75. Performance begins at 8. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. H 



UNION TRANSFER COMPANY 

BAGGAGE EXPRESS, 

OflSce, 838 Chestnut Street, 

UNDER CONTINENTAL HOTEL, 

&E1TEIIAL HAILBOAD TICKET AGENTS. 



^ ■• » » » 



Tickets Sold and Baggage Checked from Hotels and Residences to 
all points in the United States and Canada. 

Baggage delivered to all points of the City of Philadelphia (Hotels, 
Residences, Depots), Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Frankford, or Cam- 
den, N. J. Passengers will find polite agents on all trains arriving in 
Philadelphia, who will receive checks for the delivery of Baggage. 
Branch Offices in Baltimore, WASHiNaiON, Cape May and Atlantic 
City. 

Always ask for Agents of Union Transfer Company. 

J. P. MURPHY, Secretary. 

PASSENaER TRANSFER. 



Caeriages for the Transfer of Passengers in PuiLADEii- 
PHiA are now running direct from Depots to Hotels, Resi- 
dences, and the Centennial Grounds. Tickets, reserving seats, 
are for sale on trains by the Ageiits of the 

UNION TRANSFER CO. (Baggage Express.) 

Fare, 50 cents. 

Special arrangements provided for patrons of the Centennial 

LODGING-HOUSE AGENCY, LIMITED. 

. ■ » • 

The Exhibition Transfer Co., Limited, 

Also runs Carriages from all prominent points in the City to 
Centennial Grounds every 10 minutes during the day, from 9 a.m. 

Special Carriages, seating 10 persons each, provided Societies, 
Cdubs, Excursionists and others, to Theatres, Balls, Par- 
ties, Centennial Grounds and elsewhere at reasonable rates. 

Application made and information furnished at the Otnce of 
the Company, 

S. E, cor. Broad and Chestnut Sts, 

J. H. BENHAM, Jr., Gen'l Supt. 



12 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



PIIlSILfilli MIlEOiD, 



Centennial Travel. 



The arrangements made and facilities provided by the 
PE]Sr]S^SYl.VA:N^IA RAILROAD COMPAlSrY, for 

the accommodation of Centennial Visitors and Exhibitors, 

are on a comprehensive and complete scale. The tracks of the 
Company are connected direct to the IVIain Exhibition Build- 
ings, where Depots, Warehouses and Sidings have been con- 
structed, capable of furnishing all the accommodations that 
will be demanded by the public. 

The lines of this Company connect with all the 

principal Cities and centres of population 

in the East, West, North and South. 

EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES, good 
for thirty dmjs^ will be sold, and TRAINS will be run from all 
these points direct to the Centennial Depot, and will depart 
from thence to destination, thus saving visitors from inconve- 
nience and delay. 

Ample facilities have been provided at this Depot for the 
Sale of Tickets and the Checking or Storing of Baggage, 
while Telegraph Offices, Hotels, Restaurants, &c., are in the 
immediate vicinity. This Depot is connected with all portions 
of Philadelphia by passenger railway lines. 

It is the intention of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
to extend every facility possible to Centennial visitors and ex- 
hibitors, during the continuance of the Great Exhibition, and 
in furtherance of this determination the necessary preparations 
have been liberally and carefully made. 

EXCURSION TICKETS to all principal Summer Resorts 
and Places of Interest in the United States, allowing ample 
time for extended tours of pleasure and investigation, will be 
sold at the Centennial Depot and at all Ticket Offices of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 



PEANK THOMSON, 

General Manager. 



D. M. BOYD, Jr., 

General Passenger Agent. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



13 




MndfilpMa, fflilmington ^ mUlmm 



KAILROAD. 



THE ONLY LINE BY WHICH VISITOES 



TO THE 



Centennial Exhibition 



CAN REACH 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

■ — ♦♦♦ 

The Road has a Double Track, Steel Rails, and First-class 
Rolling Stock. Trains are equipped with the Miller Coupler, 
BufiPer and Platform ; the Westinghouse Air Brake and Vacuum 
Brake; and all modern appliances for securing Safety, Speed 
and comfort. 

During" tlie continuance of tlie Exhibition, 
Trains will toe run direct to and from tlie Cen- 
tennial Grounds. 

This road, with its Delaware Division, reaches all parts of 
the Peninsula of Maryland and Delaware, the great Peach and 
small fruit country. 

A line of Tickets to Baltimore, Washington, and principal 
points South and West, will be found in 

COOK'S WORLD'S TICKET OFFICE, 

in the Centennial Grounds, where all necessary information 
may be obtained. 

H. F. KENNEY, GEO. A. DADMUN, 

Superintendent. General Ticket Agent. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



14 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 




1818, 1820 & 1822 Filbsrt St., Philadelphia. 

0AERIAG-E3, for Balls, Parties, Weddings, Pleasure Driving & Funerals. 
Horses taken at Livery receive special attention. 



THE 



TROTTIN& HORSE OP AMERICA: 

ia:o"w TO Tis-.A.i3^ j^L.i<rx) xje^i-^e m^yc. 
12mo. CiJth, black and gold, $2.50. 

With Reminiscences of the Trotting Turf. By Hiram Wood- 
ruff. Edited by Charles J. Foster. Including an Introduc- 
tory Notice by George Wilkes, and a Biographical Sketch by 
the editor. Eighteenth Edition, revised and enlarged, with a new 
.Appendix, Table of Performances, and a copious Index. With a 
fine steel portrait of the author, and six finely-engraved portraits 
on wood of celebrated trotters. 

" We believe it to be the m.oHt praclical and instrurtive hook that ever was 
puhUshed concerning the trotting horsf^ ; and those who own or take care of 
horses of other descriptions, may buy and read it with a grreat deal of profit 
Besides all this, it is a work of great interest."'— Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. 



Every Horse Owner's Cyclopsedla. 

By J. H. TFAI.SH, r.H.C.S. 
8vo. Cloth, gilt, $3.75 ; Sheep, $4.50. 

''Every man who tvishes for a compart summary of ihr. latest and soundest 
views on the management of horses, i-i all. its detail, will find it in this compre- 
hensive and able volume."— The Tribune, JV. y. 

PORTER & COATES, Publishers, Philadelphia. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 15 



■z" zz :e3 



''AUTOMATIC." 

THE ONLY PERFECT SEWIE MACHIM. 



The WiLLCox & GiBBS " KeTI^ Automatic" is in every 
essential respect the most remarkable instrument for sewing 
ever offered to the public. 

To saj that it is "AN IMPROVED MACHINE" conveys only 
in part a fair conception of its merits. It marks rather a radi- 
cal departure from old notions and theories, which have bur- 
dened all former productions with complications and many 
attendant difiticulties. Features and principles entirely new are 
here introduced, the practical workings of which are truly 
marvelous. Instead of a "tension," to be delicately manipu- 
lated for every change of material to be sewn, this "New" 
Machine measures out automatically a certain, and always a 
proper, length of thread for each separate stitch, thus securing 
greater accuracy and uniformity than hitherto was possible. 
By a "tabular" adjustment of the stitch, absolute certainty of 
the best results is reached, without experimenting and without 
the exercise of any judgment whatever. It is not claimed that 
the "New Automatic" is endowed with human understanding, 
but certainly no considerable amount of discernment is re- 
quisite on the part of the operator to accomplish the most 
satisfactory work. 

J|@°" Send for Prospectus. 

Do S. EWING, 

1127 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 



16 ADVERTISEMENTS. 

THE LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 

Eidge Avenue and Palls of Scliuylkill. 



"Laurel Hill" is the oldest suburban Cemetery in the 
United States, with the exception of Mt. Auburn in Boston. 
Founded in 1835 by Nathan Dunn, Benjamin W. Richards, 
John J. Smith and Frederick Brown, it has long been famous 
among the places of interest in Philadelphia for the natural 
beauty of its site and scenery (embellished by much skill and 
labor), the magnificence and variety of its monuments, and the 
names of the distinguished dead who lie buried within its 
walls. Occupying one of the most exquisite situations in the 
neighborhood of Philadelphia, on the high and wooded bank 
of the Schuylkill (adjoining East, and opposite West, Fairmount 
Park), it is easily reached on foot as well as by steamboat, 
horse-car and carriage ; and, although now far within the limits 
of the growing city, is peculiarly and perfectly protected from 
encroachment by its surroundings, having Ridge Avenue on the 
East, the River on the West, and the Park on the remaining sides. 

A large quantity of very desirable ground is to be had at 
reasonable prices, including some portions but recently pre- 
pared for burial purposes, and now (1876) offered for sale for 
the first time. 

Lloyd P. Smith. 
Frederick Brown, President. 
Benjamin W. Richards, Treasurer. 
Henry Armitt Brown, Secretary. 



LOTS MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE, 

524 Walnut St., Room 5, Philadelphia. 

N.B. — The Laurel Hill has no connection with any other Cemetery. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



17 




THE LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 



18 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



C. VAN GUNDEN. 



E. YOUNG. 



F. H. DBTJMM. 



VAN GUITDEN, Youm & dhumm, 

Successors to JOHN BAIRD, 
JVo. J^?i SPRING GARDEN STREET, 

BEANOH W0EE3, DAEBT EOAD, opposite WOODLAND OEMETEET, 



Marble and Scotch G-ranite Monuments, Tombs, ^c. 



pEMETERY ]_.OTS ENCLOSED AT J^O^WEST J^RICES. 



LEWIS L. HOUPT, 

Falrmonnt Coal Wharf, 2512 Callowhlll Street, 



WHOLESAIiE AND RETATIi DEAT.ER IN 




ffi] 



None but the Best 
kept on hand. 



At 



2240 lbs. to the Ton 
guarantied. 



Neither Lying in Waif, nor Lying in Weigfit practised. 
ORDERS BY MAIL CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY FILLED. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. ■ 19 



BINES & SHEAFF, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

COAL DEALERS, 

Office, No. 114 South Fourth Street, 

PHIL.ADEL.PHIA. 



Arcli Street Wharf, ScliuylkiU. 

Tasker Street Wharf, Delaware. 

Island, Windmill Island, Delaware. 

Fairmount, Callowhill Street, Schuylkill. 

Berks and ]S^inth Streets. 

Girard Avenue and Ninth Street. 

Kichmond, Philadelphia. 

Germantown, Philadelphia. 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 

Frankford Koad, Richmond, Philadelphia. 



20 ADVERTISEMENTS. 

ROBBINS, BIDDLE & CO. 

Successors to ROBBINS, CLARE & BIDDLE, 

1134 CHESTNUT STREET 

Importers and Dealers in 




SILVER AND PLATED WARES, 

Clocks, Bronzes Si jP^ancy Goods. 



tesE^a^s^^ 



DIAMONDS, 

iPatflj^es ant! ^eitrelrg, 

LEWIS, LADOMUS & CO. 

No. 806 Cliestnut Street, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Same Square as Continental Motel and Qirard Mouse, 

HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND 

A LARGE STOCK OF WATCHES, BIAIONBS, JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE. 
ALL GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST PRICES. \ 

^A/'ATCHES REPAIRED. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 21 



JAS. R CALDWELL & CO. 

IMPORTERS OF 

Diamonds and Precious Stones. 

^R0JM2;Eg, j]!jL0CK3 <Sf }^AjMCY <^OODg, 

RARE PORCELATN^S, 

AND DEALERS IN 
ELECTRO-PLATED WARES 

OF FINE QUALITY, 

No. 902 Chestnut Street, 
PHILADELPHIA, 

A few doors West of th.e Continental Hotel. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



LADIES' FIME FURS. 

RUSSIAN AND HUDSON BAY SABLES. 
Extra Fine Chinchillas, 

SIMD ii Mli SEil M SiCdiS, 

CHILDREN'S FURS IN GREAT VARIETY. 

F. K. WOMRATH, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

ESTABLISHED 1810. 

WM. A. DROWN & CO. 

MANUEACTURERS OF THE 
FINEST CHADES 

UMBRELLAS and PARASOLS, 

FOB SALE, 
^W^HOLESAT^E A:NT> RETAIIL., 

AT THE MANUFACTORY AND ^WAREROOMS, 

No. 246 MARKET STREET, 
PHILADELPHIA, 

War er 00ms in New York, 498 & 500 Broadway. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 23 



THOMAS KENNEDY & BROS., 

1216 CHESTKUT STREET, 

AND 

914 ARCH STREET, 

Philadelphia. 



-^ • • • » 



FRENCH 



^^m^m^ GOODS. 

Eeceives Weekly all the Enropeaa PasMons ; 

Fimmi Fmrn^k FMw@m mmM Plmmmn 

PAEISIAN BONNETS & HATS. 
BRIDAL REGIALIA 

Ribbons, Velvets, Silks, Laces. 

Fans, Jets, Ornaments and Hair Goods. 
BLACK DRESS SILKS 

Of a superior make. 

AliSO, A FINE ASSOKTMENT OF 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



FRElirCH BOiriSrETS AUD HATS, 

ff^IMMED /lND •IJnTRIMMED, 




GEO. W. MILES, 

No. 938 CHESTNUT STREET, 

Third door telow lOth St., 

SILKS. DRESS GOODS. 



LADIES' & CHILDREN'S OUTFITS, 
DRESSMAKES^G, 

White Goods, Notions, Hosiery, 

OLOTBCS, OLOA^ECinsrO-S, 

PIANO COVERS, 

LiinenSy Cottons, Quilts, Blankets, &c., 

COOPER k CONARD, 

EETAILEES AND IMPOETEES, 

S. E. cor, Ninth and Market Sts., Philadelphia. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



25 



HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. 



IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS 



OF 





SILKS. DRESS GOODS. 



Xj^OES, 



iBttM^ 



GLOVES, HOSIERY, &c., 



Also, a Ml Assoitment of 



Nos. 1412 & 1414 Chestnut St., 



f 



HILADELPHIA. 



26 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fine Dress Shirts 



MADE TO ORDER, WITH PALMER'S PATENT 
DOUBLE YOKE. 



<••»■> 



J. W. SCOTT & CO.. 

No, 814 Chestnut Street, 

Four doors below Continental Hotel, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



< • • » > 



Being direct Importers, we have always full lines 

Metis Furnishing Goods. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 27 

mjj 824 Chestnut St., f||l|S 

tJNDER EASTERN WIKa OF 

CONTINENTAL HOTEL and opp. GIRARD HOUSE. 

BLAYLOCK&CO. 

IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF CORRECT AND LEADING 

STYLES OF 

A. coiMii^XjErrE stock: oif 

DERBY AND LIGHT WEIGHT SOFT HATS, 

Suitable for Travelling. 

MAOEINAW STRAW EATS A SPECIALTY. 

Yoifs, Boys' ant CMlflren's Hats aM Wans. 

IMPORTERS OF EMLISH HATS, 

From Lincoln, Bennett & Co., Henbt Melton, Christy & Co., and 
Teess & Co., of London, and Dash, of Brighton. 

LADIES' FURS AND SEAL SACQUES 

On sale all Summer. 
Furs Sold, Insured and Delivered, -sRrhen ordered. 



BLAYLOCK & CO. 

824 Chestnut Street. 



28 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



IFIlTEi 



BOOTS MP SHOES, 



FOR 



GENTLEMEN 

LADIES, AND 

YOUNG FOLKS. 



C. BENKERT & SON, 
No. 716 Chestnut Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



x:si'ik.BiL.iisixx:x> in isss. 



The only large Establishment in the City "where 
exclusively First-class Goods are kept. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



29 



CHAHLES BLASE, 

BOOTS AND SHOES, 

No. 48 North Ninth Street, 
PHILADELPHIA. 



< « » • » 



GENTLEMEN'S and BOYS' BOOTS and SHOES 

CONSTANTLY 

On Hand and Made to Order. 



JACOB ZAUN & SON, 



H 
W 

o 

o 




kajStufactubebs of 



Fashionable Boots & Shoes for Men & Boys' Wear. 



30 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



t 



E. O. THOMPSON'S 

Fashionable 

ail0ring ||stalilishmenit 



IS LOCATED AT 



908 W^ALNUT STREET, 
Ji^- WHICH YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT -^H 



HERE 

Citizens or Strangers can Le 
supplied "witli every article 
of Dress essential to tte 
Wardrobe of a gentleman to 
their entire satisfaction at 
moderate prices. 



THE CONTEOLLING IDEA 

Is to lead in everytliing 
demanded by fashion, and to 
omit no feature essential to 
a popular and successfal 
business. 



r^SPEClALTIES.^ 
LADIES' SACQUES, COATS AND RIDim HABITS. 
GENTLEMEN'S DRESS SUITS, 

j^OR THE PpKRA, J^ARTIES, ^C 

UNIFOEMS FOE THE ARMY AND NAVY. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 31 



Joii Wamme k O. 

FINEST CLOTHING, 

READY MADE AND MADE TO MEASURE, 

FKOM THE 

Finest Lines of Imported Fabrics, in tfie Highest 
Styles of t/ie Tailoring Art. 



Gentlemen in business, or of leisure, aeeustonned to 
Dress witli serupnlous Taste, on all occasions, find our 
unexampled Stock of Garments Ready-made, and 
Materials in the Piece, all that could be desired, for 
extent, variety, faultlessness of fit and make, and 
moderation in prices. 



FURNISHING GOODS, 

Por tlie Complete and Elegant Outfit of a Gentleman's 
WAEDEOBE and TOILET. 



SPECIALTIES IN CHILDREN'S FIRST-SUITS, 

And full and beautiful lines in all Clothing for 
YOUTHS, BOYS and CHILDREN. 

JOHN WANAMAKER & CO. 

818 & 830 Cliestmat Street, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



32 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



MITCHELL, FLETCHER & CO. 

IMI'ORTJSIiS AXD DEALERS IJY 

TEAS, COFFEES, 

AND 

FINE GROCERIES, 

Twelfth and Chestnut Streets, 



PHILADELPHIA, 

Invite the attention of the Visitors to the Centennial Exhibition, 

and the public generally, to their extensive and 

well-selected stock of 

STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. 

Being direct importers, and dealing with manufacturers, they 
can always present a full line of all 

FOiIGN ii DOiSl DELICiCIES. 

From their large experience in their Country Trade, they are 

enabled to pack goods carefully, and ship promptly 

to all distant points, 

Delivering- at Depots Free of Charg-e. 

J|@^ They respectfully invite an examination of their stock. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



33 



ESTABLISHED 1821. 

JOSEPH F.TOBIAS & COMPANY, 

No. 241 Ohestnut Street, PhiladelpHa, 

WIHE AND SPiniT MERCHAITTS, 



AND DEALERS IN 



FINE OLD MONONCAHELA, 

RYE, WHEAT AND BOUHBON 

WHISKIES. 

Also, 80ZE AGENTS in the United States for 

GIESLEU & COMPANY'S 
BLUE SEAL, and 

DRY VERZENAY 

CH AMPAGNE \VINES. 

BATCHELOR BROTHERS, 

FINE CIGAR 

MANUFACTURERS, 
JSTo. 808 Market Street. 

BRANCHES! 

ISO. 837 Chestnut Street, under Gxrard House, 

Ko. 33 N. Second St., opposite Christ Church, 

PHILADELPHIA. 




34 ADVERTISEMENTS. 

FREDERICK BROWN, 

(Established 1822) 

IMPORTING, MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING 




N. £. Corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



SOLE PBOPBIETOIt AND MA.NTIFACTTTMEM OF 

ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGEE. \ "g 

05 1 CHOLEKA MIXTUEE. 

PEESEEYED TAEAXACUM JUICE. I ^ 

MtJTTEE'S COUCH SYEUP. 
. ) BITTEE WINE OP lEON. 
^ y COOPEE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. I « 

rr \ CHAPMAN'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS. / S 

O WISTAE'S COUCH LOZENGES (from original > ^ 

«l prescription), \ !> 

/ MBS. HAEVEY'S COUGH SYEUP. \ o 



VI 



n 



o 



DENTIPEIGE, in Bottles. g 

DENTIFEICE, in Tin Canisters, snitable for Travelers, / ^ 
AEABIAN EACAHOUT, in convenient Bottles. ' M 



AGENT FOR 

E. DEJARDIN'S SYRUP RED ORANGE, of malta. 

None genuine without my name as Agent on the Label. 



COBBESPONDENTS. 

SAVORY & MOORE, 143 New Bond Street, W., London. 

S. MAW, SON & THOMPSON, 12 Aldersgate Street, E. C, « 

F. NEWBERY & SONS, 37 Newgate Street, E. C, « 

G. VOSS, 21 Jahannis Strasse, Hamburg. 
E. DEJARDIN, 2 Avenue de I'Opera, Paris. 



PeICE lilST OF 

ENGLISH AND FRENCH MEDICINES AND PEAEMACEUTIOAL PEEPAEATIONS 

WILT, BE MAILED ON APPLICATION. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



35 



FAIRTHO IIITE^S SPEC IALITIES 

PEPSIN. 

In regard to its efficiency, read the following, from Dr. Wm. Murphy, Physician 
in Chief of Mount Vernon Retreat for Inebriates, and late Health Commissioner 
of New York City. , . ^ ,. ■, ^ •4. +^ 

" I have used Mr. Fairthorne's Pepsin with much satisfaction, and preler it to 
any other in the market." WM. MURPHY, M.D. 

AROIVIATIC WINE OF RHUBARB. 

A pleasant laxative. 

WINE OF QUININE Sl CHAMOMILE FLOWERS 

A tonic and anti-material remedy. 

WOOD-VIOLET COLOGNE. 

Delicate, refreshing and persistant. 

LAVOLINE. 

For removing sun-burn and freckles. Perfectly safe and non-poisonous. 
These superior and elegant preparations made only by 

Druggist & Manufacturer of Pharmaceutical Products, 
N. W, cor, 19th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, 

PURE SODA WATER. 

Drawn from steel fountains at his stand, which is three-quarters of a square 
below the ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENeES. 



WM. CURTIS TAYLOR, 

914 CHESTNUT STREET, 

PHILADELPHIA, 

NEXT BLOCK ABOVE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. 



« » • » > 



All the most approved Styles of 

HNS PORTRAITURE. 



36 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 




l&IliitfliaD&Co. 

812 Chestnut St., 

PHILADELPHIA, 
Manufacturers of the finest 



I 



In the country. 

Put up in neat Boxes and 
fancy styles for presents, 

Or in large quantities for 
Wholesale Trade. 

Goods can be easily ex- 
pressed from our store to all 
parts of the United States. 



P. PHILPOT & CO. 



MANUFAOTUEEES OF 





Nos. 401 & 403 Commerce Street, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

MADE TO ORDER AT SHORT NOTICE. 

CONFECTIONERS' FINE WORK AND SHELF BOXES A SPECIALITY. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 37 



G. MEYER, 

PmLADELPHIA. 



ENGLISH, FEEHOH, GEEMAH AND AMEEIOAIT 



i-K^ »1 



rs ao) .M. wr m w '^- 



[^t3pmm.T ";KXNL^^Ofi 



GOUP/L'S, HANFSTAENGEUS, 

BERLIN PHOTOGRAPH COMPANrS, 

BRAUN'S, BRUCKMAN'S, 

PLAIN AND COLORED 

PHOTOGRAPHS, 

Graphoscopes and Views for the same. 

]p^r^AMEg OF ALL ^INDg, 



AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES. 



38 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



JOHN & JAMES DOBSON, 

Proprietors. 



W. OLDtNG NEWMAN, 

Manager. 



PALLS OP SCHUYLKILL 



CARPET MILLS. 

PHILADELPHIA, 
809 ^ 811 Chestnut Street. 



cn^ 



m%%th, f ^M ^4pj^$tjtg |jm$4$, 



EXTRA SUPERrilSrES, 

Snperfines, Medium Supers, Extra Pines, 
"^ooL puTCH, Stair Carpets, 

Wholesale and Retail. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



39 



McCALLUM, CREASE k SLOAN, 

Manufacturers, Importers, Jobbers & Eetailers of 




^Warehouse, 1012 & 1014 Chestnut St., 
PHILADELPHIA. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 




rURIflSHED 

for 
DECORATION 

and 

PUEITISHIITG 

entire 

HOUSES. 



and 
PILLOWS 

Made to Order. 



I^o. 1108 Oliestnixt Street, JPliiladelpliia;. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



41 



HALE, KILBURN & CC 

Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the 

" FOLBIi iEDSmO AND 




HALE'S FLEXIBLE 
SPEING BED. 





HALE'S PLEXIBLE 

SEAT OHAISS, 
STOOLS, SETTEES. 



General Manufacturers of Frames, MouxDnsres, Looking Glasses, and 
Cabinet Wokk of every kind. 

Salesroom and Factory, 48 & 60 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Branch Store, 613 Broadway, New York. 



ENCAUSTIC TILES. 



SHARPLESS & WATTS, 

No. 1885 Market St., Philadelpliia, 

Agei^^ts and Importers of 

laiiffToiff's 

Geometric, Encaustic, Majolica, 

Enamelled and Art-Painted Tiles, 

For Pavements, Walls, Heartlis, Fire-places, Flower Boxes, and 
all purposes of interior and exterior decorations. 



PHILADELPHIA REFERENCES. 

Independence Hall, Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 

Carpenter's Hall, Northern Saving Fund, 

United States Mint, St. Stephen's Hotel, 

Academy of Fine Arts, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 

Academy of Natural Sciences, Memorial Baptist Church, 

Philadelphia College of Physicians, Fire Association, 

As also innumerable stores and private residences throughout the city. 



42 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



UPHOLSTERY GOODS, 



AND 



tA 



CAREINGTON, DE ZOUCHE & CO., 

S. E. CORNER 

Tliirteentli and Cliestiiiit Streets, 

Philadelphia. 



WALRAVEN, 

1105 Chesthtjt Steeet, 

PEILABELPmA, 

mTERIOR DECORATIONS, 
CURTAINS 

AND 

Artistic Furniture. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



43 




DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR 

Is published annually on the 1st of December, and contains select lists of 

VEGETABLE AND PLOWER SEEDS, 

Plants, Roses, Verbenas, Dahlias, Carnations, Geraniums, &c.. 

With brief and practical directions for tfieir culture, mailed free 
to all applicants. 



American Paper Box Co. 

G. W. PLUMLY & SON, 
No. 213 North Fourtli Street, 

(Corner of Braucli), 
PHILADELPHIA. 



Manufacturers of ROUND, SQUARE, OVAL, and 

all kinds of 



DRUGGISTS' POWDER AND PILL BOXES A SPECIALTY. 



44 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Hall & Carpenter. 



IMPORTERS OF 



Cirt 1}tei4 anil mMx 



AGENTS FOB THE SALE OF 



AMERICAN SPELTER 



AND 



SHEET ZINC, 



No. 709 Market Street, 



Philad 



ELPHIA. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



45 




fJoOPES & ^OWNSEND 

MANUFACTURE 

MACHINE AND CAR BOLTS, 

Cold-Punched Sq^uare ^ Hexagon ITnts, 

KEYSTONE BOILEE EIVETS, TANK EIVETS, 

RAILROAD TRACK BOLTS, 

Chain Links, Car Irons, Bridge Bolts, Bridge Irons, 

RODS AND BOLTS FOR BUILDINGS &.c., 

No. 1330 BUTTONWOOD St.^ 

PHIIiADEI^PHIA. 




46 ADVERTISEMENTS. 

^ ISO MarW SW, PMMelpliia, ' 



MANUFACTUBEBS OF 



CURLED PTTTP FLINT&SAND 
HAIR, vXllUJjy PAPER, 

Emery Paper & Emery Olotli, G-round Flint & Emery, 
FELTING FOB COVERSNG STEAW PIPES, &c. 

Cow-hide Whips, Saddlers' i, Plasterers' Hair, Moss, &c. 

PHIIAD'A, 730 Market Street. BOSTON, 143 Milk Street. 

NEW lORR, 67 Beekman Street. CHICAGO, 182 lake Street. 

WM. H. JOHNSON, 

Plumber and Gas Fitter, 

No. 1714 FILBERT STREET, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



"Water Closets and Bedet Pans, Hot, Cold and Shower Baths, 
Stationary Wash-stands complete, Pantry and Kitchen 
Sinks, Hydrants and Wash Paves, Drains to 
Sewers, Water Wheels, W^ind Mills, Hy- 
draulic Bams, Lift and Force Pumps. 



Work in the Country and Johhing of all hinds 

promptly attended to. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



47 



WM. F. SCHEIBLE, 

310 Cliestiiiit Street, Pliiladelpliia, 



MA2?UFACTTTKER OF 



Flags of ever J [lescription in Silt, MH & Mislli, 



TrH:OIL(E!SA.XiE A.1SI> RJETA-IX^. 



PI 
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cb. 
P4 

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Awnings of every style and design. Awning Strips by the 

bale or yard. Tents of all sizes on hand and made to 

order. DECOBATIOlSrS TO HIBB. 

STENCIL CUTTING AND CANVAS PRINTING. 

SILK BANNERS, TRANSPARENCIES, &c. 



48 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



THE 



Life Insurance Company, 

No. 921 Chestmit Street, Philadelphia. 

A JPURELY MUTUAL COMFANY— INCORPORATED JiV 1847. 

Dividends declared Annually. Assets, $5,600,000. 

THE PENN IS ENTHtELiT MUTIJAIi. 

All of its surplus premiums are returned to its Policy -holders every 
year, thus furnishing them Insurance at the lowest possible cost. 

The Life Rate Non- Forfeiting Endowment Policy issued by the 
Penn, while giving protection to the family of the Insured in case of 
early death, provides at moderate rates of premium, a fund for future 
support, should he reach old age. 

All Policies are non-forfeitable for their value after the third year. 

SAM'L G. HUEY, Pres't. 
SAM'L E. STOKES, H. S. STEPHENS, 

Vice-Pres't. Second Vice-Pres't, 

JAS. weir MASON, HENRY ATJSTIE, 

Actuary. Secretary. 



0} 






f^ 



:^e.5Wh 



H oWqi^gW 




Hi 

H^CIP4 ,>y, . 



SLCorJourth^lWalnut St. 



-A-JSJSIEST'S, $3,000,000- 

GEORGE W. HILL, President. JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary. 
GEORGE NUGENT, Vice-Pres't. JOHN S. WILSON, Sec'y and Treas. 

ALEX. WHILLDIN, Ch. Finance Com. J. G. HAMMER, Asst. Sec'y. 



ADVERTISExMENTS. 



49 






OF PHILADELPHIA. 



i]ycoi«.npoii^T£:i> 3d. iweo. 33, ises. 



ASSETS OVER $3,000,000. 

strictly Mutual. Distinguished for Careful Selection 

of Risks, Prudent Investment of Funds, 

great Economy, and Liberality to its 

Policy Holders. 



PRESIDENT. 

SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY. 

VICE PEESIDENT. 

W. C. LONGSTRETH. 



ACTUARY. 

ROWLAND PARRY. 



^V 



<^ 



^ 



^^V'''> 



y> 






PROCURED BY 



JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, 

110 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. 



Call OP Send for Book of Instructions. 



CONSULTATION FBEE. 



60 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



LOUIS MEYER, 

MUSIC PUBLISHER, 

1413 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 

Draws the attention of all music-loving people to the excellent advan- 
tages he offers them in selecting new music. The following notices 
from the press will assure the public that they can expect only the best 
and most satisfactory. 

NEW MUSIC TRIED AT THE PIANO. 

Catalogues free on application. 

The publications of Mr. Louis Meyer are exciting the attention of cultivated 
musical people in all the principal cities of the Union.— P/ii7a. Evening Bulletin. 

The admirable taste exhibited In the musical publications of Mr. Louis Meyer 
has heretofore elicited our cordial commendation. — Christian Union. 

Louis Meyer is rendering an excellent service to all lovers of good music by 
his publications. — Home Journal. 

Mr. Louis Meyer is endeavoring to encourage a higher taste by publishing a 
better class of music. — Albany Evening Times. 

Mr. Meyer's publications are of more than ordinary merit. We find in his 
entire collection not one common-place composition. — Cleveland Herald. 
ALWAYS ON HAND, 

All the new Music, Foreign and American. 



THOMAS HUNTER, 

716 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. 

■ ^ • • • > 

LIST OF CENTENNIAL PUBLICATIONS. 

I. VIETATS IW THREE COLORS. 

1. Art Gallery. 2. Main Building. 3. Horticultural Hall. 4. Machinery 
Hall. 5. Agricultural Hall. 6. Bird's-Eye Yiew. 7. Double. 8. Triple. 
9. Quintuple. 10. Octuple. 11. Independence Hall. Price, per sheet, 50c. 

II. CENTEirisriAIi PORTFOLIO. 

Three Series. Each Series containing Eight Views in three colors, with 
Map of Fairmount Park and vicinity. Price, per package, 50 cents. 

III. CEWTENIsriAL CABINET. 

Six Views in black, on tinted Card Board, with Map of Fairmount Park and 
vicinity. Price, per package, 25 cents. 
Copies sent free by mail on receipt of above prices. List of prices in quanti- 
ties sent on application. 

IlsT :FI2.ESS. 
SOUVENIR OF THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL.— Containing a" the 
Views of ihe Portfolios, with letter-press description of each building. 
Handsomely bound in Cloth. 



A D V E R T I S E iM E N T S. 51 

T.B.Peterson & Brothers, 

PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS, 

306 Chestnut Street 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



We publish and have constantly on hand full and varied editions of 
the works of all the famous American and Foreign novelists, whose 
writings are very entertaining, and are among the most popular now 
in existence. The most of them are hound in strong cloth binding, 
and a few in paper covers. Examination is asked for the editions of 
the writings of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, a very popular favorite; 
Mrs. E. D. E. 'N. Southworth, whose romances are always in demand; 
Mrs. Ellen Wood, the authoress of "East Lynnej" Mrs. Caroline 
Lee Hentz, whose stories of Southern life stand unparalleled in their 
simple truth and exquisite beauty ; Mrs. C. A. Warfield, another very 
popular Southern writer; Miss Eliza A. Dupuy, who has made a 
wonderful mark, and is gaining great popularity every day ; Gr. W. M. 
Reynolds, whose romances of London life, founded on facts, are of 
matchless interest; Sir Walter Scott, whose "Waverley" novels still 
maintain a strong hold on the people. Charles Dickens' complete 
writings we furnish in every variety of style. We have also complete 
sets, in various styles of binding, of the weird stories of George Lip- 
pard; the martial novels of Charles Lever; the comical nautical 
tales of Captain Marryatt; Emerson Bennett's Indian stories; 
Henry Cockton's laughable narratives; T. S.Arthur's temperance 
tales and household stories ; the wonderful and entertaining novels of 
Alexander Dumas, Eugene Sue, and W. H. Ainsworth; Gustaye 
Aimard's stories of Western life; the quiet domestic novels of Fred- 
RiKA Bremer and Ellen Pickering; the masterly novels of Wilkie 
Collins and George Sand; Frank Fairlegh's quaint stories, and 
Samuel Warren's elaborate romances ; the works of Mrs. C. J. Newby, 
Mrs. Grey, and Miss Pardoe; W. H. Herbert's sporting stories ; and 
the graphic Italian romances of T. A. Trollope ; together with numer- 
ous others. Our collection of novels is large and choice, and we are 
in a position to supply all book-buyers, either retail or wholesale, on 
very advantageous terms, and at exceedingly low prices for cash. 

We invite all visiting our city to give us a call, if only to inspect our 
various editions and secure a copy of our new Illustrated Catalogue, 
containing a Portrait and Sketch of all our principal Authors, which 
is free to all ; or it will be sent to any address, if written for, and care- 
ful and immediate attention will be paid to all orders sent to us. 

Address all orders and communications for further information to 

T. B. PETERSOK & BROTHERS, 

Publishers k Booksellers, 
"No, 306 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Standard English Novelists. 

PBINTED IN A CONVENIENT, POKTABLE SIZE, STBONGLY 
BOUND IN CLOTH OB, HALF BOXBUBGHE. 

EJacli Set in a IVeat Paper IBos:, 



AINSWORTH (WILLIAM H.). 17 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . $12 00 
AUSTEN (JANE). 5 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . . . . 4 00 
BRONTE (CHARLOTTE AND ANNE), t vols., 16mo, cloth, 8 75 
BULWER (LORD LYTTON). Knebworth Edition. 27 vol- 
umes, 12mo, cloth, 40 00 

Standard Edition. 22 vol- 
umes, IGmo, cloth, . . • 22 00 

CARLETON (WILLIAM). 5 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . . 3 75 
CHAMIER (CAPTAIN). 4 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . . 5 00 
COCKTON (HENRY). 3 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 3 75 
COLLINS (WILKIE). 12 volumes, illustrated, 12mo, cloth, 24 00 
DUMAS (ALEXANDRE). 18 volumes in 10, 16mo, cloth, . 15 00 
EDGEWORTH (MARIA). 10 vols., illustrated, 16mo, cloth, 15 00 
FARJEON (B. L.). 3 volumes, 12mo, half Roxburghe, . 3 75 
FERRIER (MISS). 3 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 3 75 
FIELDING AND SMOLLETT, 6 volumes, 12mo, cloth, . 9 00 
GERSTAECKER (FRED.). 4 vols., 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 5 00 
GRANT (JAMES). 32 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 40 00 
" GUY LIVINGSTONE"— Novels by the Author of. 8 vol- 
umes, 12mo, half Roxburghe, 10 00 

HALLIBURTON (JUDGE). 3 vols., 12mo, half Roxburghe, 3 75 

HOOK (THEODORE). 15 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 18 75 
"JOHN HALIFAX"— Novels by the Author of. 5 volumes, 

12mo, cloth, 6 25 

KINGSLEY (HENRY). 8 volumes, 12mo, half Roxburghe, . 10 00 

LEVER (CHARLES). 27 volumes, 12mo, cloth, . . . 35 00 

LOVER (SAMUEL). 4 volumes, 12mo, half Roxburghe, . 5 00 

MARRYAT (CAPTAIN). 13 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . . 13 00 

■ New Illustrated ^Edition. 16 vols., 

12mo, cloth, 20 00 

MAXWELL (WM. H.). 10 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 12 60 
RICHARDSON (SAMUEL). 3 volumes, 12mo, cloth, . . 3 75 
SCOTT (SIR WALTER). Waverley Novels, complete. 4 vol- 
umes, 12mo, cloth, 7 00 

SMEDLEY (FRANK). 4 volumes, 12mo, cloth, . . . 6 00 

SMITH (ALBERT). 5 volumes, 16mo, half Roxburghe, . 6 25 
TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). 19 volumes, 16mo, cloth, . .23 75 

YATES (EDMUND). 11 volumes, 12mo, cloth, . . . 13 75 

J6@= A complete Catalogue of our entire stock, in detail, will be fur- 
nished on application. 

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & S0:N^S, 

Publishers, 
Lonclon, and 4X6 I3rooiu© (Street, IS&w Yox'fe. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 53 

ART GIFT BOOKS. 

u4.n. entirely N'eiv Series of first-class and richly Illustrated 
SooTiS on ^at%ire and Natural S.istory, 

EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 

*^This Series of Works has done much to advance the popularizing of Science." 

THE INSECT. By Jules Michelet. With one hundred and forty illustra- 
tions, drawn specially for this work by Giacomelli, and engraved by the 
most eminent French and English artists. Imperial 8to, cloth, richly gilt. 
Price, $6 00. 

NATURE; or, The Poetry of Earth and Sea. From the French of Mme. 
Michelet. With upwards of two hundred illustrations, drawn specially for 
this work by Giacomelli (illustrator of " The Bird"), and engraved by the 
most eminent French and English artists. Imperial 8vo, cloth, richly gilt. 
Price, $7 50. 

THE MOUNTAIN. From the French of Jules Michelet, author of "The 
Bird," &c. With upAvards of sixty illustrations by Peecival Skelton and 
Clark Stanton. Imperial 8vo, cloth, richly gilt. Price, $6 00. 

THE MYSTERIES OF THE OCEAN. From the French of Arthur Man- 
gin. By the translator of "The Bird." With one hundred and thirty 
illustrations by W. Freeman and J. Noel. Imperial 8vo, full gilt side and 
gilt edges. Price, $6 00. 

THE BIRD. By Jules Michelet, author of "History of France," &c. Illus- 
trated by two hundred and ten exquisite engravings by Giacomelli. Im- 
perial 8vo, full gilt side and gilt edges. Price, $6 00. 

THE SEA. By Jules Michelet, author of "The Bird," &c. With handsome 
full-page illustrations by Giacomelli and others. Imperial 8vo, cloth, 
richly gilt. Price, $6 GO. 

BOOKS OP TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE, FOR BOYS. 

BY W. H. G. KINGSTON. 
THE WESTERN WORLD. Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural 

History in North and South America. With nearly two hundred engrav- 
ings. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Price, $3 00. 
ON THE BANKS OF THE AMAZON. A Boy's Journal of his Adventures 

in the Tropical Wilds of South America. With one hundred and twenty 

illustrations. Crown 8yo, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price, $2 50. 
IN THE EASTERN SEAS; or, The Regions of the Bird of Paradise. 

A Tale for Boys. With one hundred and eleven illustrations. Crown 8vo, 

cloth, richly gilt. Price, S2 50. 
IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA. With sixty-six illustrations. Crown 8vo, 

cloth, richly gilt. Price, $2 50. 
ROUND THE WORLD. A Tale for Boys. With fifty-two engravings. 

Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Price, $2 50. 
OLD JACK. A Sea Tale. With sixty engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. 

Price, $2 50. 
MY FIRST VOYAGE TO SOUTHERN SEAS. With forty-two engravings. 

Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Price, $2 50. 

NELSON'S POPULAR GUIDE BOOKS. 

NIAGARA AND VICINITY. A New Series. Twelve views, beautifully exe- 
cuted. Fancy cover, 25 cents ; muslin cover, 50 cents. 

SALT LAKE CITY AND UTAH. Twelve oil-colored views. Muslin, 
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